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A Plague Tale: Innocence cover artvsThe Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX cover art

A Plague Tale: InnocencevsThe Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX

A Plague Tale: Innocence leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
A Plague Tale: InnocenceThe Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 3

A Plague Tale: Innocence leans harder on execution: Stealth and sling aiming need basic skill.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

A Plague Tale: Innocence leans harder on variance: Light patrol variation.

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 Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX