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Deus Ex: Human Revolution cover artvsMass Effect 3 cover art

Deus Ex: Human RevolutionvsMass Effect 3

Deus Ex: Human Revolution leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Mass Effect 3 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Deus Ex: Human RevolutionMass Effect 3

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Deus Ex: Human Revolution leans harder on variance: Enemy positions are static once patrol patterns are learned

Optimization8 vs 7

Deus Ex: Human Revolution leans harder on optimization: Augment loadout and approach routing solve each hub optimally

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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