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Deus Ex: Invisible War cover artvsPrey (2017) cover art

Deus Ex: Invisible WarvsPrey (2017)

Deus Ex: Invisible War leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Prey (2017) leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Deus Ex: Invisible WarPrey (2017)

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization8 vs 8

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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Deus Ex: Invisible War

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Prey (2017)