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Battle: Los Angeles cover artvsUncharted 4: A Thief's End cover art

Battle: Los AngelesvsUncharted 4: A Thief's End

Battle: Los Angeles leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Uncharted 4: A Thief's End leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Battle: Los AngelesUncharted 4: A Thief's End

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Battle: Los Angeles leans harder on execution: Corridor gunfights ask basic aim and little else

Reads0 vs 1

Uncharted 4: A Thief's End leans harder on reads: Scripted enemy AI throughout.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 3

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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Battle: Los Angeles

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Uncharted 4: A Thief's End