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Dragon Age: The Veilguard cover artvsThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt cover art

Dragon Age: The VeilguardvsThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Dragon Age: The Veilguard leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Dragon Age: The VeilguardThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt leans harder on variance: Loot rolls and minor combat variance only.

Optimization7 vs 6

Dragon Age: The Veilguard leans harder on optimization: Builds, runes, companion synergies central

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 Witcher 3: Wild Hunt