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Dungeon Defenders cover artvsTerraria cover art

Dungeon DefendersvsTerraria

Dungeon Defenders leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Terraria leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Dungeon DefendersTerraria

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Dungeon Defenders leans harder on reads: Enemy waves are scripted compositions, never adaptive

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization8 vs 8

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

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Terraria