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Dragon Age: The Veilguard cover artvsThe Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion cover art

Dragon Age: The VeilguardvsThe Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

Dragon Age: The Veilguard leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Dragon Age: The VeilguardThe Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 3

Dragon Age: The Veilguard leans harder on execution: Real-time action, dodge and parry windows

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion leans harder on variance: Loot and level-scaling rolls

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: The Veilguard

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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion