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Diablo III cover artvsFallout 2 cover art

Diablo IIIvsFallout 2

Diablo III leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Fallout 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE5 /10OPTIMIZATION9 /10
Diablo IIIFallout 2

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 2

Diablo III leans harder on execution: Greater Rift pushing has minor mechanical demand in builds

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance5 vs 5

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization9 vs 9

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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Diablo III

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Fallout 2