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Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance cover artvsDivinity: Original Sin II - Definitive Edition cover art

Disgaea 5: Alliance of VengeancevsDivinity: Original Sin II - Definitive Edition

Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Divinity: Original Sin II - Definitive Edition leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION10 /10
Disgaea 5: Alliance of VengeanceDivinity: Original Sin II - Definitive Edition

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Divinity: Original Sin II - Definitive Edition leans harder on reads: Optional PvP arena aside, AI follows mappable behaviour

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization10 vs 9

Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance leans harder on optimization: Stat cap grinding, evility stacking, and squad combinations are the entire game

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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Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance

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Divinity: Original Sin II - Definitive Edition