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Dragon Age: Origins leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Rage of Mages II: Necromancer leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Dragon Age: OriginsRage of Mages II: Necromancer

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 3

Rage of Mages II: Necromancer leans harder on execution: Real-time control but not twitch-heavy.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization8 vs 8

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: Origins

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Rage of Mages II: Necromancer