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Darkwatch cover artvsUncharted 4: A Thief's End cover art

DarkwatchvsUncharted 4: A Thief's End

Darkwatch leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Uncharted 4: A Thief's End leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
DarkwatchUncharted 4: A Thief's End

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Darkwatch leans harder on execution: Twin-pistol aim and vampire-jump gunfights are the core

Reads2 vs 1

Darkwatch leans harder on reads: Multiplayer existed but the AI is fully scripted

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 3

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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Uncharted 4: A Thief's End