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Fallout 4 cover artvsResident Evil Archives: Resident Evil Zero cover art

Fallout 4vsResident Evil Archives: Resident Evil Zero

Fallout 4 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil Zero leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Fallout 4Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil Zero

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Fallout 4 leans harder on reads: Scripted enemy AI

Variance2 vs 3

Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil Zero leans harder on variance: Item and enemy placement is scripted-but-unknown first time through

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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Fallout 4

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Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil Zero