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Fallout: New Vegas cover artvsResident Evil: Director's Cut Dual Shock Ver. cover art

Fallout: New VegasvsResident Evil: Director's Cut Dual Shock Ver.

Fallout: New Vegas leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Resident Evil: Director's Cut Dual Shock Ver. leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Fallout: New VegasResident Evil: Director's Cut Dual Shock Ver.

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Fallout: New Vegas leans harder on reads: Scripted factions and enemies

Variance2 vs 3

Resident Evil: Director's Cut Dual Shock Ver. leans harder on variance: Mansion surprises exist only until the layout is learned

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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Resident Evil: Director's Cut Dual Shock Ver.