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Dragon Age: Inquisition cover artvsSilent Hill 2 (2001) cover art

Dragon Age: InquisitionvsSilent Hill 2 (2001)

Dragon Age: Inquisition leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Silent Hill 2 (2001) leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION3 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Dragon Age: InquisitionSilent Hill 2 (2001)

Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 3

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Silent Hill 2 (2001) leans harder on variance: Some item placements are unknown first time; fixed thereafter

Optimization7 vs 6

Dragon Age: Inquisition leans harder on optimization: Crafting, specialization, war table planning

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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