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DishonoredvsShadow Hearts: From the New World

Dishonored leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Shadow Hearts: From the New World leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
DishonoredShadow Hearts: From the New World

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Dishonored leans harder on reads: Guard AI scripted, non-adaptive.

Variance2 vs 3

Shadow Hearts: From the New World leans harder on variance: Enemy stats and ring layouts are unknown until met

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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