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Crackdown 3 cover artvsDishonored 2 cover art

Crackdown 3vsDishonored 2

Crackdown 3 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Dishonored 2 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Crackdown 3Dishonored 2

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 1

Crackdown 3 leans harder on reads: PvP Wrecking Zone adds light prediction; campaign foes are scripted

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 7

Dishonored 2 leans harder on optimization: Powers, routes, ghost runs deeply solvable.

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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Crackdown 3

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Dishonored 2