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Dragon Age: Inquisition cover artvsLands of Lore III cover art

Dragon Age: InquisitionvsLands of Lore III

Dragon Age: Inquisition leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Lands of Lore III leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION3 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Dragon Age: InquisitionLands of Lore III

Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 4

Lands of Lore III leans harder on execution: Real-time first-person combat needs some aim and timing

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Lands of Lore III leans harder on variance: Combat rolls and loot add randomness

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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Dragon Age: Inquisition

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Lands of Lore III