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Far Cry 2 cover artvsThe Last of Us Part II cover art

Far Cry 2vsThe Last of Us Part II

Far Cry 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); The Last of Us Part II leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Far Cry 2The Last of Us Part II

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

The Last of Us Part II leans harder on reads: Smarter AI still runs mappable search scripts

Variance3 vs 2

Far Cry 2 leans harder on variance: Malaria, jams, and fire spread inject chaos

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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The Last of Us Part II