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Assassin's Creed Rogue cover artvsDungeon Siege III cover art

Assassin's Creed RoguevsDungeon Siege III

Assassin's Creed Rogue leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Dungeon Siege III leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Assassin's Creed RogueDungeon Siege III

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Assassin's Creed Rogue leans harder on reads: Stalker assassins ambush by script, not adaptation

Variance2 vs 3

Dungeon Siege III leans harder on variance: Modest loot randomness

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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