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LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins cover artvsThe Last of Us Remastered cover art

LEGO City Undercover: The Chase BeginsvsThe Last of Us Remastered

LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); The Last of Us Remastered leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION3 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
LEGO City Undercover: The Chase BeginsThe Last of Us Remastered

Axis by axis

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.

Variance1 vs 2

The Last of Us Remastered leans harder on variance: encounter loot and infected spawns vary

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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