head to head
Assassin's Creed IV: Black FlagvsCrow Country
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Crow Country leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Assassin's Creed IV: Black FlagCrow Country
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 4
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads2 vs 1
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag leans harder on reads: Multiplayer deception mode; campaign is scripted
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 7
Crow Country leans harder on optimization: Puzzle solutions, key-item routing and resource conservation are optimisable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

