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Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII cover artvsMass Effect: Andromeda cover art

Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VIIvsMass Effect: Andromeda

Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Mass Effect: Andromeda leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VIIMass Effect: Andromeda

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Mass Effect: Andromeda leans harder on variance: exploration surprises only on first visit

Optimization5 vs 5

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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Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII

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Mass Effect: Andromeda