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Resident Evil: Director's Cut Dual Shock Ver. cover artvsThief: Deadly Shadows cover art

Resident Evil: Director's Cut Dual Shock Ver.vsThief: Deadly Shadows

Resident Evil: Director's Cut Dual Shock Ver. leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Thief: Deadly Shadows leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Resident Evil: Director's Cut Dual Shock Ver.Thief: Deadly Shadows

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization8 vs 8

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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Resident Evil: Director's Cut Dual Shock Ver.

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Thief: Deadly Shadows