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Assassin's Creed Brotherhood cover artvsWatch Dogs 2 cover art

Assassin's Creed BrotherhoodvsWatch Dogs 2

Assassin's Creed Brotherhood leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Watch Dogs 2 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Assassin's Creed BrotherhoodWatch Dogs 2

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 1

Assassin's Creed Brotherhood leans harder on reads: Hide-and-hunt multiplayer ran on human mind-games

Variance1 vs 2

Watch Dogs 2 leans harder on variance: Hack outcomes and patrols vary mildly.

Optimization5 vs 5

Even - both lean on optimization about the same.

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

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