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Drakensang OnlinevsMetal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

Drakensang Online leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 5

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain leans harder on execution: Stealth and shooting inputs both matter.

Reads2 vs 2

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 3

Drakensang Online leans harder on variance: Loot and crafting RNG gate progression

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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