head to head

Death Stranding: Director's Cut cover artvsLightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII cover art

Death Stranding: Director's CutvsLightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII

Death Stranding: Director's Cut leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Death Stranding: Director's CutLightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII

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.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization8 vs 8

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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Death Stranding: Director's Cut

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Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII