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Gothic 3 cover artvsThe Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker cover art

Gothic 3vsThe Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

Gothic 3 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Gothic 3The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

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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The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker