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Bastion cover artvsDragon's Dogma 2 cover art

BastionvsDragon's Dogma 2

Bastion leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Dragon's Dogma 2 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
BastionDragon's Dogma 2

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 7

Dragon's Dogma 2 leans harder on optimization: Vocation builds and pawn logistics reward mastery

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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