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Descent II cover artvsForza Horizon 3 cover art

Descent IIvsForza Horizon 3

Descent II leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Forza Horizon 3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Descent IIForza Horizon 3

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 2

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 5

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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Descent II

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Forza Horizon 3