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Red Dead Redemption II: Ultimate Edition cover artvsThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt cover art

Red Dead Redemption II: Ultimate EditionvsThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Red Dead Redemption II: Ultimate Edition leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Red Dead Redemption II: Ultimate EditionThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 4

Red Dead Redemption II: Ultimate Edition leans harder on execution: Dead Eye and cover shooting need only moderate aim

Reads2 vs 1

Red Dead Redemption II: Ultimate Edition leans harder on reads: Story enemies are scripted; Online PvP adds light prediction

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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