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Afterfall: Insanity cover artvsUncharted 2: Among Thieves cover art

Afterfall: InsanityvsUncharted 2: Among Thieves

Afterfall: Insanity leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Uncharted 2: Among Thieves leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Afterfall: InsanityUncharted 2: Among Thieves

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves leans harder on reads: Campaign AI is scripted; MP adds a trace

Variance2 vs 1

Afterfall: Insanity leans harder on variance: Scares are scripted-but-unknown on first playthrough only

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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Afterfall: Insanity

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Uncharted 2: Among Thieves