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Dungeon Siege III cover artvsThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition cover art

Dungeon Siege IIIvsThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition

Dungeon Siege III leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Dungeon Siege IIIThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition

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 2

Dungeon Siege III leans harder on variance: Modest loot randomness

Optimization6 vs 7

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition leans harder on optimization: Perk, crafting and stealth-archer loops trivially solve combat

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 Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition