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Salt and SanctuaryvsThe Elder Scrolls Online

Salt and Sanctuary leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); The Elder Scrolls Online leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Execution6 vs 5

Salt and Sanctuary leans harder on execution: Souls-like timing in 2D

Reads2 vs 3

The Elder Scrolls Online leans harder on reads: Cyrodiil PvP adds modest reads layer

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 7

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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