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Dishonored 2 cover artvsPayday 3 cover art

Dishonored 2vsPayday 3

Dishonored 2 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Payday 3 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Dishonored 2Payday 3

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Dishonored 2 leans harder on reads: Guards scripted; alert patterns fixed.

Variance2 vs 3

Payday 3 leans harder on variance: Guard patrols, camera spots and loot locations shuffle per run

Optimization7 vs 7

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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Dishonored 2

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Payday 3