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Serial CleanervsThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Serial Cleaner leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Serial CleanerThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 6

Serial Cleaner leans harder on optimization: Cop patrol timing and clean-up route planning are fully solvable per scene

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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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt