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Dragon Age: Origins cover artvsValkyria Chronicles II cover art

Dragon Age: OriginsvsValkyria Chronicles II

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

EXECUTION2 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Dragon Age: OriginsValkyria Chronicles II

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 2

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

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

Variance3 vs 4

Valkyria Chronicles II leans harder on variance: Interception fire scatter and accuracy spread

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 II