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Mount & Blade cover artvsThe Evil Within 2 cover art

Mount & BladevsThe Evil Within 2

Mount & Blade leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); The Evil Within 2 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Mount & BladeThe Evil Within 2

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 3

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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Mount & Blade

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The Evil Within 2