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Journey to the Savage Planet leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); The Last of Us Remastered leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION3 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Execution3 vs 4

The Last of Us Remastered leans harder on execution: stealth combat needs aim and timing

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 4

Journey to the Savage Planet leans harder on optimization: Upgrade routing and scan-everything exploration

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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