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Lost: Via Domus cover artvsThe Last Guardian cover art

Lost: Via DomusvsThe Last Guardian

Lost: Via Domus leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); The Last Guardian leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 2

The Last Guardian leans harder on execution: Slow climbing and platforming, very forgiving

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 5

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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