head to head
vs
inFamous Second SonvsThomas Was Alone
inFamous Second Son leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Thomas Was Alone leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
inFamous Second SonThomas Was Alone
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 4
inFamous Second Son leans harder on execution: Fluid traversal and aimed particle powers
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 0
inFamous Second Son leans harder on variance: Seattle sandbox is deterministic
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.