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Dragon Age: Origins cover artvsValkyria Chronicles cover art

Dragon Age: OriginsvsValkyria Chronicles

Dragon Age: Origins leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Valkyria Chronicles leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 3

Valkyria Chronicles leans harder on execution: Manual third-person aiming inside turns helps

Reads1 vs 0

Dragon Age: Origins leans harder on reads: Enemy AI is scripted

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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Valkyria Chronicles