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Assassin's Creed Unity cover artvsMarvel's Guardians of the Galaxy cover art

Assassin's Creed UnityvsMarvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

Assassin's Creed Unity leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Assassin's Creed UnityMarvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy leans harder on variance: story beats unknown only on first playthrough

Optimization5 vs 4

Assassin's Creed Unity leans harder on optimization: Gear builds and blackbox approach planning

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 Unity

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Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy