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Dementium: The Ward cover artvsThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild cover art

Dementium: The WardvsThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Dementium: The Ward leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Dementium: The WardThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild leans harder on reads: Enemies follow fixed scripted behaviors.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 6

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild leans harder on optimization: Shrines, cooking, traversal routes fully solvable.

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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Dementium: The Ward

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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild