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Assassin's Creed UnityvsYs V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand

Assassin's Creed Unity leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Assassin's Creed UnityYs V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 5

Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand leans harder on execution: Manual swings, jumps and charged spells need modest timing

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 6

Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand leans harder on optimization: Levels, gear and boss pattern study carry the adventure

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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