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A Way Out cover artvsSpec Ops: The Line cover art

A Way OutvsSpec Ops: The Line

A Way Out leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Spec Ops: The Line leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
A Way OutSpec Ops: The Line

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 1

A Way Out leans harder on reads: Co-op partner coordination requires some social prediction

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 4

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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Spec Ops: The Line