head to head

Dragon Age: Inquisition cover artvsSecret of Evermore cover art

Dragon Age: InquisitionvsSecret of Evermore

Dragon Age: Inquisition leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Secret of Evermore leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION3 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Dragon Age: InquisitionSecret of Evermore

Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 4

Secret of Evermore leans harder on execution: Charged attacks need timing but combat is forgiving

Reads1 vs 0

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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Dragon Age: Inquisition

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Secret of Evermore