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Game of Thrones: Kingsroad cover artvsThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt cover art

Game of Thrones: KingsroadvsThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Game of Thrones: Kingsroad leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Game of Thrones: KingsroadThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 4

Game of Thrones: Kingsroad leans harder on execution: Dodge-and-combo combat with moderate timing demands

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Game of Thrones: Kingsroad leans harder on variance: Gear drops and loot rolls gate power

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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Game of Thrones: Kingsroad

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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt