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Dragon Age: The Veilguard cover artvsVampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines cover art

Dragon Age: The VeilguardvsVampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines

Dragon Age: The Veilguard leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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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

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines leans harder on variance: Hidden dice under skill checks

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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Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines