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Little Nightmares cover artvsUncharted 2: Among Thieves cover art

Little NightmaresvsUncharted 2: Among Thieves

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

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Little NightmaresUncharted 2: Among Thieves

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 5

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves leans harder on execution: Set-piece gunplay and traversal under fire

Reads0 vs 1

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves leans harder on reads: Campaign AI is scripted; MP adds a trace

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