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Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag cover artvsPyre cover art

Assassin's Creed IV: Black FlagvsPyre

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Pyre leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Assassin's Creed IV: Black FlagPyre

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 5

Pyre leans harder on execution: Sportslike control of three exiles.

Reads2 vs 3

Pyre leans harder on reads: AI opponents have basic adaptation.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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