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Assassin's Creed OriginsvsTales of Arise

Assassin's Creed Origins leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Tales of Arise leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 5

Tales of Arise leans harder on execution: Action combat with combo and artes timing

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 6

Tales of Arise leans harder on optimization: Artes, titles, and party builds rewarded

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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