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Assassin's Creed II cover artvsDonkey Kong Jr. Math cover art

Assassin's Creed IIvsDonkey Kong Jr. Math

Assassin's Creed II leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Donkey Kong Jr. Math leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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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 0

Assassin's Creed II leans harder on variance: Fixed world and missions

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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Donkey Kong Jr. Math