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Murder House cover artvsWatch Dogs: Legion cover art

Murder HousevsWatch Dogs: Legion

Murder House leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Watch Dogs: Legion leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Murder HouseWatch Dogs: Legion

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Watch Dogs: Legion leans harder on reads: AI scripted; no real modeling.

Variance4 vs 3

Murder House leans harder on variance: His appearances feel unknown until the triggers are mapped

Optimization5 vs 5

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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