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Diablo IVvsOrgan Trail: Director's Cut

Diablo IV leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Organ Trail: Director's Cut leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION3 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE6 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Diablo IVOrgan Trail: Director's Cut

Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 3

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance6 vs 6

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization8 vs 7

Diablo IV leans harder on optimization: Paragon, aspects, and damage buckets are solvable theorycraft.

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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Organ Trail: Director's Cut