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Folklore cover artvsThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt cover art

FolklorevsThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
FolkloreThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 4

Folklore leans harder on execution: Motion-pull folk captures and combat need moderate timing

Reads0 vs 1

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt leans harder on reads: Enemies use fixed AI behaviours; no adaptation.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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