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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild cover artvsUnknown 9: Awakening cover art

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the WildvsUnknown 9: Awakening

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Unknown 9: Awakening leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the WildUnknown 9: Awakening

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.

Optimization6 vs 5

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild leans harder on optimization: Shrines, cooking, traversal routes fully solvable.

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 Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

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Unknown 9: Awakening