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The Legend of Zelda: Four SwordsvsWatch Dogs: Legion

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Watch Dogs: Legion leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
The Legend of Zelda: Four SwordsWatch Dogs: Legion

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.

Variance4 vs 3

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords leans harder on variance: Randomly generated dungeons keep layouts unknown each run

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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