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Assassin's Creed II cover artvsBye Sweet Carole cover art

Assassin's Creed IIvsBye Sweet Carole

Assassin's Creed II leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Bye Sweet Carole leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Assassin's Creed IIBye Sweet Carole

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Bye Sweet Carole leans harder on variance: Scare timing unknown on first encounter, mappable after

Optimization5 vs 6

Bye Sweet Carole leans harder on optimization: Puzzle solutions and escape routes are learnable and fixed

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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Bye Sweet Carole