head to head

Chained Together cover artvsCrash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time cover art

Chained TogethervsCrash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time

Chained Together leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Chained TogetherCrash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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.

full breakdown

Chained Together

full breakdown

Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time