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Deus Ex: Invisible War cover artvsThe Outer Worlds cover art

Deus Ex: Invisible WarvsThe Outer Worlds

Deus Ex: Invisible War leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Outer Worlds leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Deus Ex: Invisible WarThe Outer Worlds

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 3

Deus Ex: Invisible War leans harder on execution: Forgiving FPS combat with stealth options.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization8 vs 7

Deus Ex: Invisible War leans harder on optimization: Biomod choices and route selection are the deciding layer.

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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