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Death Stranding cover artvsThe Lord of the Rings Online cover art

Death StrandingvsThe Lord of the Rings Online

Death Stranding leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Lord of the Rings Online leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION3 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Death StrandingThe Lord of the Rings Online

Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 4

The Lord of the Rings Online leans harder on execution: Raid content has limited twitch demand versus action MMOs

Reads1 vs 2

The Lord of the Rings Online leans harder on reads: Mostly PvMP monster play; rarely the main loop

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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