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Still Wakes the DeepvsWatch Dogs: Legion

Still Wakes the Deep leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Watch Dogs: Legion leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION3 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Still Wakes the DeepWatch Dogs: Legion

Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 4

Watch Dogs: Legion leans harder on execution: Combat and driving forgiving across operatives.

Reads0 vs 1

Watch Dogs: Legion leans harder on reads: AI scripted; no real modeling.

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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