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It Takes Two cover artvsWorld War Z: Aftermath cover art

It Takes TwovsWorld War Z: Aftermath

It Takes Two leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); World War Z: Aftermath leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
It Takes TwoWorld War Z: Aftermath

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 1

It Takes Two leans harder on reads: Human partner requires some coordination reads but not competitive prediction

Variance2 vs 3

World War Z: Aftermath leans harder on variance: Spawn director shuffles hordes mildly between runs

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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