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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild cover artvsYakuza 5 cover art

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the WildvsYakuza 5

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Yakuza 5 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the WildYakuza 5

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 5

Yakuza 5 leans harder on execution: Brawls, racing and rhythm segments need decent hands.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild leans harder on variance: Weapon drops and weather lightly randomized.

Optimization6 vs 6

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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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

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Yakuza 5