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Assassin's Creed Unity cover artvsThe friends of Ringo Ishikawa cover art

Assassin's Creed UnityvsThe friends of Ringo Ishikawa

Assassin's Creed Unity leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); The friends of Ringo Ishikawa leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Assassin's Creed UnityThe friends of Ringo Ishikawa

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

The friends of Ringo Ishikawa leans harder on variance: Town life events are scripted, lightly hidden

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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