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Dragon's DogmavsFallout 4

Dragon's Dogma leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Fallout 4 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Dragon's DogmaFallout 4

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 4

Dragon's Dogma leans harder on execution: Climbing monsters and timing skills by hand

Reads0 vs 1

Fallout 4 leans harder on reads: Scripted enemy AI

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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