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Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor cover artvsTokyo Jungle cover art

Middle-earth: Shadow of MordorvsTokyo Jungle

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Tokyo Jungle leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Middle-earth: Shadow of MordorTokyo Jungle

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor leans harder on reads: Nemesis orcs remember you but remain mappable scripts

Variance4 vs 5

Tokyo Jungle leans harder on variance: Random toxic zones and spawns reshape each survival run

Optimization6 vs 6

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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Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

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Tokyo Jungle