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DEFCON cover artvsLineage 2 cover art

DEFCONvsLineage 2

DEFCON leans Optimization (Mind & Math); Lineage 2 leans Optimization (Mind & Math).

EXECUTION2 /10READS6 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
DEFCONLineage 2

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 4

Lineage 2 leans harder on execution: Auto-attack systems limit individual twitch expression

Reads6 vs 5

DEFCON leans harder on reads: Timing betrayals and first strikes against humans is the heart

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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DEFCON

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Lineage 2