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Drakengard cover artvsThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt cover art

DrakengardvsThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Drakengard leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
DrakengardThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 4

Drakengard leans harder on execution: Hack-and-slash combos and aerial dragon dogfights reward handling.

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.

Optimization6 vs 6

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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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt