head to head

Crystalis cover artvsGhost of Tsushima cover art

CrystalisvsGhost of Tsushima

Crystalis leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Ghost of Tsushima leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
CrystalisGhost of Tsushima

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Ghost of Tsushima leans harder on reads: Mongol AI is scripted, not adaptive

Variance1 vs 1

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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Crystalis

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Ghost of Tsushima