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Dragon Age: Inquisition cover artvsMetal Gear cover art

Dragon Age: InquisitionvsMetal Gear

Dragon Age: Inquisition leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Metal Gear leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION3 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Dragon Age: InquisitionMetal Gear

Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 4

Metal Gear leans harder on execution: grid-based sneaking with modest dexterity needs

Reads1 vs 0

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

Variance2 vs 3

Metal Gear leans harder on variance: traps and item locations unknown first time

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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