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Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name cover artvsThe Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings cover art

Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His NamevsThe Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His NameThe Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings leans harder on variance: Some loot and alchemy variance

Optimization5 vs 6

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings leans harder on optimization: Sign, alchemy, and skill builds matter

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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