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Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel cover artvsDave the Diver cover art

Borderlands: The Pre-SequelvsDave the Diver

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Dave the Diver leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Borderlands: The Pre-SequelDave the Diver

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 4

Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel leans harder on execution: Low-gravity movement and aim are moderate demands

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 4

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 7

Dave the Diver leans harder on optimization: restaurant economy and gear upgrades drive progress

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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