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Mass Effect 2vsUndertale

Mass Effect 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Undertale leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Mass Effect 2Undertale

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

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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Mass Effect 2

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Undertale