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Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning cover artvsThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt cover art

Kingdoms of Amalur: ReckoningvsThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Kingdoms of Amalur: ReckoningThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 4

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning leans harder on execution: Dodge-and-combo combat, forgiving timing

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 6

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning leans harder on optimization: Destiny builds and crafting trivialise difficulty

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 Witcher 3: Wild Hunt