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Crackdown 2 cover artvsThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild cover art

Crackdown 2vsThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Crackdown 2 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Crackdown 2The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 4

Crackdown 2 leans harder on execution: Orb-jumping precision and lock-on shooting are forgiving

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild