head to head

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West cover artvsThomas Was Alone cover art

Enslaved: Odyssey to the WestvsThomas Was Alone

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Thomas Was Alone leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Enslaved: Odyssey to the WestThomas Was Alone

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 0

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West leans harder on variance: Encounters fully fixed

Optimization5 vs 5

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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Enslaved: Odyssey to the West

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Thomas Was Alone