head to head

DmC: Devil May Cry cover artvsGhost of Tsushima cover art

DmC: Devil May CryvsGhost of Tsushima

DmC: Devil May Cry leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Ghost of Tsushima leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
DmC: Devil May CryGhost of Tsushima

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 6

DmC: Devil May Cry leans harder on execution: Angel/demon stance weaving is demanding but softer than mainline

Reads0 vs 1

Ghost of Tsushima leans harder on reads: Mongol AI is scripted, not adaptive

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 6

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.

full breakdown

DmC: Devil May Cry

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Ghost of Tsushima