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Watch Dogs 2 cover artvsWay of the Samurai cover art

Watch Dogs 2vsWay of the Samurai

Watch Dogs 2 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Way of the Samurai leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Watch Dogs 2Way of the Samurai

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Watch Dogs 2 leans harder on reads: Enemy AI scripted; some PvP invasions exist.

Variance2 vs 3

Way of the Samurai leans harder on variance: Branching events hidden until routes are mapped

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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