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Assassin's Creed IIIvsRyse: Son of Rome
Assassin's Creed III leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Ryse: Son of Rome leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Assassin's Creed IIIRyse: Son of Rome
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 4
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads2 vs 1
Assassin's Creed III leans harder on reads: Multiplayer mode involved human deception
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 4
Assassin's Creed III leans harder on optimization: Homestead economy and naval upgrades
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.