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Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster cover artvsFinal Fantasy XV cover art

Dead Rising Deluxe RemastervsFinal Fantasy XV

Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Final Fantasy XV leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Dead Rising Deluxe RemasterFinal Fantasy XV

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Execution5 vs 4

Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster leans harder on execution: Crowd fighting and psychopath duels need decent hands

Reads0 vs 1

Final Fantasy XV leans harder on reads: Scripted enemies

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization8 vs 6

Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster leans harder on optimization: The 72-hour schedule makes routing and time management the real 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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