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BioShock Infinite cover artvsThe Walking Dead: Survival Instinct cover art

BioShock InfinitevsThe Walking Dead: Survival Instinct

BioShock Infinite leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
BioShock InfiniteThe Walking Dead: Survival Instinct

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

BioShock Infinite leans harder on reads: Enemies scripted in arena waves.

Variance1 vs 2

The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct leans harder on variance: Scavenging stops and supply events have mild randomness

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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BioShock Infinite

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The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct