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NieR cover artvsUnreal II: The Awakening cover art

NieRvsUnreal II: The Awakening

NieR leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Unreal II: The Awakening leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
NieRUnreal II: The Awakening

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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