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ELEX II cover artvsThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt cover art

ELEX IIvsThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

ELEX II leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
ELEX IIThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 4

ELEX II leans harder on execution: Jetpack-augmented action combat, real timing

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 6

ELEX II leans harder on optimization: Faction, attribute, build routing dominate

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 Witcher 3: Wild Hunt