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Horizon Zero Dawn cover artvsUnreal II: The Awakening cover art

Horizon Zero DawnvsUnreal II: The Awakening

Horizon Zero Dawn leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Unreal II: The Awakening leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Horizon Zero DawnUnreal II: The Awakening

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Horizon Zero Dawn leans harder on reads: Machines follow fixed patterns, not adapting.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 5

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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Horizon Zero Dawn

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