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Black the Fall cover artvsRatchet & Clank: Rift Apart cover art

Black the FallvsRatchet & Clank: Rift Apart

Black the Fall leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Black the FallRatchet & Clank: Rift Apart

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 5

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart leans harder on execution: Dodging, rift-tether mobility, and weapon aim.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Black the Fall leans harder on variance: Puzzle mechanics are unknown until each trial-and-error death

Optimization6 vs 6

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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