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DishonoredvsStar Ocean: The Last Hope

Dishonored leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Star Ocean: The Last Hope leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
DishonoredStar Ocean: The Last Hope

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 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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