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Dungeon Defenders II cover artvsThe Bureau: XCOM Declassified cover art

Dungeon Defenders IIvsThe Bureau: XCOM Declassified

Dungeon Defenders II leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Bureau: XCOM Declassified leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Dungeon Defenders IIThe Bureau: XCOM Declassified

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 3

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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Dungeon Defenders II

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The Bureau: XCOM Declassified