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inFamous Second Son cover artvsTomb Raider II: Gold cover art

inFamous Second SonvsTomb Raider II: Gold

inFamous Second Son leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Tomb Raider II: Gold leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
inFamous Second SonTomb Raider II: Gold

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 6

Tomb Raider II: Gold leans harder on execution: Grid-precise jumps and ledge grabs punish sloppy inputs

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 6

Tomb Raider II: Gold leans harder on optimization: Route planning, traversal puzzles and resource management share the lead

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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Tomb Raider II: Gold