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Dragon Age: Inquisition cover artvsThe Outer Worlds 2 cover art

Dragon Age: InquisitionvsThe Outer Worlds 2

Dragon Age: Inquisition leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Outer Worlds 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION3 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Dragon Age: InquisitionThe Outer Worlds 2

Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 4

The Outer Worlds 2 leans harder on execution: First-person gunplay is real but forgiving with builds

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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The Outer Worlds 2