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The Lord of the Rings: War in the North cover artvsUntold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade cover art

The Lord of the Rings: War in the NorthvsUntold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade

The Lord of the Rings: War in the North leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Untold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
The Lord of the Rings: War in the NorthUntold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 4

The Lord of the Rings: War in the North leans harder on execution: Melee timing and crit windows reward active hands

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Untold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade leans harder on variance: Randomised dungeons and loot drops vary runs.

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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The Lord of the Rings: War in the North

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Untold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade