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Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil cover artvsRise of the Tomb Raider cover art

Resident Evil Archives: Resident EvilvsRise of the Tomb Raider

Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Rise of the Tomb Raider leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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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.

Variance3 vs 2

Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil leans harder on variance: Item and enemy placements are unknown first run, then mapped

Optimization7 vs 6

Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil leans harder on optimization: Ammo economy, routing and key-item planning dominate mastery

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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Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil

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Rise of the Tomb Raider