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Divinity II: Developer's Cut cover artvsDragon Age: Inquisition cover art

Divinity II: Developer's CutvsDragon Age: Inquisition

Divinity II: Developer's Cut leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Dragon Age: Inquisition leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Execution4 vs 3

Divinity II: Developer's Cut leans harder on execution: Action combat is forgiving with decent positioning

Reads0 vs 1

Dragon Age: Inquisition leans harder on reads: Scripted enemy behaviour

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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