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DishonoredvsDragon Age: The Veilguard

Dishonored leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Dragon Age: The Veilguard leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 4

Dishonored leans harder on execution: Blink timing and combat inputs matter.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Dishonored leans harder on variance: Patrol timings vary mildly.

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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