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Sacred cover artvsTorchlight II cover art

SacredvsTorchlight II

Sacred leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Torchlight II leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE5 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
SacredTorchlight II

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 3

Torchlight II leans harder on execution: Faster combat asks for dodging and skill timing

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance5 vs 5

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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Sacred

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Torchlight II