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Shenmue cover artvsUntold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade cover art

ShenmuevsUntold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade

Shenmue leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Untold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION3 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
ShenmueUntold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade

Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 4

Untold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade leans harder on execution: Simple hack-and-slash inputs on a handheld.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Untold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade leans harder on variance: Randomised dungeons and loot drops vary runs.

Optimization5 vs 5

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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