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Final Fantasy XIII cover artvsVampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines cover art

Final Fantasy XIIIvsVampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines

Final Fantasy XIII leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Final Fantasy XIIIVampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 3

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines leans harder on execution: Janky hybrid combat, low demand

Reads0 vs 1

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines leans harder on reads: Scripted NPCs

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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