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Middle-earth: Shadow of War cover artvsResident Evil Outbreak cover art

Middle-earth: Shadow of WarvsResident Evil Outbreak

Middle-earth: Shadow of War leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Resident Evil Outbreak leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Middle-earth: Shadow of WarResident Evil Outbreak

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 4

Middle-earth: Shadow of War leans harder on execution: Same counter-heavy combat as its predecessor

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 5

Resident Evil Outbreak leans harder on variance: Randomized items and virus gauge pressure hide information

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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Middle-earth: Shadow of War

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Resident Evil Outbreak