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And Yet It MovesvsTomb Raider: Legend

And Yet It Moves leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Tomb Raider: Legend leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
And Yet It MovesTomb Raider: Legend

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance0 vs 1

Tomb Raider: Legend leans harder on variance: Linear levels leave little hidden

Optimization5 vs 6

Tomb Raider: Legend leans harder on optimization: Puzzle rooms and time trials are cleanly solvable

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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