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Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future cover artvsGhost of Tsushima cover art

Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the FuturevsGhost of Tsushima

Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Ghost of Tsushima leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the FutureGhost of Tsushima

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Ghost of Tsushima leans harder on reads: Mongol AI is scripted, not adaptive

Variance2 vs 1

Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future leans harder on variance: Hidden paths and puzzle solutions until first discovery

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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Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future

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Ghost of Tsushima