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A Plague Tale: Innocence cover artvsAlone in the Dark: Inferno cover art

A Plague Tale: InnocencevsAlone in the Dark: Inferno

A Plague Tale: Innocence leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Alone in the Dark: Inferno leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
A Plague Tale: InnocenceAlone in the Dark: Inferno

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Alone in the Dark: Inferno leans harder on variance: Scripted-but-unknown enemy encounters and item placement.

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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A Plague Tale: Innocence

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Alone in the Dark: Inferno