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Tales of Hearts R cover artvsThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt cover art

Tales of Hearts RvsThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Tales of Hearts R leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Tales of Hearts RThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 4

Tales of Hearts R leans harder on execution: Fast aerial combos and chase links reward dexterity.

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

Tales of Hearts R leans harder on optimization: Soma builds and arte chaining are optimizable systems.

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