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Killzone cover artvsUncharted 2: Among Thieves cover art

KillzonevsUncharted 2: Among Thieves

Killzone leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Uncharted 2: Among Thieves leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
KillzoneUncharted 2: Among Thieves

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Killzone leans harder on execution: Heavy gunplay still rewards aim and positioning

Reads2 vs 1

Killzone leans harder on reads: Campaign Helghast follow scripts; servers are long dead

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 4

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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Uncharted 2: Among Thieves