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Dave the Diver cover artvsHellgate: London cover art

Dave the DivervsHellgate: London

Dave the Diver leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Hellgate: London leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Dave the DiverHellgate: London

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 5

Hellgate: London leans harder on variance: Random loot and procedural level chunks

Optimization7 vs 7

Even - both lean on optimization about the same.

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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