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Assassin's Creed III: Liberation cover artvsSamurai Warriors 4-II cover art

Assassin's Creed III: LiberationvsSamurai Warriors 4-II

Assassin's Creed III: Liberation leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Samurai Warriors 4-II leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Assassin's Creed III: LiberationSamurai Warriors 4-II

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Assassin's Creed III: Liberation leans harder on reads: Guards follow patrol scripts without adapting

Variance2 vs 1

Assassin's Creed III: Liberation leans harder on variance: Light patrol and notoriety randomness

Optimization6 vs 6

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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