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Assassin's Creed Origins cover artvsStarlink: Battle for Atlas cover art

Assassin's Creed OriginsvsStarlink: Battle for Atlas

Assassin's Creed Origins leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Starlink: Battle for Atlas leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Assassin's Creed OriginsStarlink: Battle for Atlas

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 5

Starlink: Battle for Atlas leans harder on execution: Space dogfights need moderate stick skill

Reads1 vs 0

Assassin's Creed Origins leans harder on reads: Guard AI scripted, predictable.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 5

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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Assassin's Creed Origins

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