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A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead cover artvsThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild cover art

A Quiet Place: The Road AheadvsThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
A Quiet Place: The Road AheadThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

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.

Variance3 vs 2

A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead leans harder on variance: Patrol placement surprises until routes are learned

Optimization6 vs 6

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 Quiet Place: The Road Ahead

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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild