head to head
Dragon Age: OriginsvsValkyria Chronicles
Dragon Age: Origins leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Valkyria Chronicles leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Dragon Age: OriginsValkyria Chronicles
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.

