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Onimusha: Warlords cover artvsThe Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings cover art

Onimusha: WarlordsvsThe Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

Onimusha: Warlords leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Onimusha: WarlordsThe Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Onimusha: Warlords leans harder on execution: Issen critical timing demands precise swordplay

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings leans harder on variance: Some loot and alchemy variance

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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The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings