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

Far Cry PrimalvsThe Last of Us Part II

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

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Far Cry PrimalThe Last of Us Part II

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Far Cry Primal leans harder on variance: Wildlife encounters and patrol spawns are random

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