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Jak II cover artvsKalimba cover art

Jak IIvsKalimba

Jak II leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Kalimba leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Jak IIKalimba

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 0

Jak II leans harder on variance: Fixed open city and missions

Optimization5 vs 6

Kalimba leans harder on optimization: Working out each dual-totem route is half the challenge

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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Jak II

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Kalimba