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Children of Zodiarcs cover artvsDiablo II cover art

Children of ZodiarcsvsDiablo II

Children of Zodiarcs leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Diablo II leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE6 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Children of ZodiarcsDiablo II

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 2

Diablo II leans harder on execution: Positioning and potion reflexes, little else physical

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance6 vs 6

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization8 vs 9

Diablo II leans harder on optimization: Builds, breakpoints, rune economy, magic-find routing are the game

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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