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Kingdoms of Amalur: ReckoningvsWarriors Orochi 3

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Warriors Orochi 3 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 4

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

Reads1 vs 0

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning leans harder on reads: Enemies never adapt to your habits

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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