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Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag cover artvsSilent Hill 3 cover art

Assassin's Creed IV: Black FlagvsSilent Hill 3

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Silent Hill 3 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Assassin's Creed IV: Black FlagSilent Hill 3

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 3

Silent Hill 3 leans harder on variance: Some puzzle states and item locations are initially hidden

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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