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A Way Out cover artvsUncharted 2: Among Thieves cover art

A Way OutvsUncharted 2: Among Thieves

A Way Out leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Uncharted 2: Among Thieves leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
A Way OutUncharted 2: Among Thieves

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 1

A Way Out leans harder on variance: Enemy patrols have scripted paths with some unpredictability

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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