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Michigan: Report from Hell cover artvsThe Last of Us Remastered cover art

Michigan: Report from HellvsThe Last of Us Remastered

Michigan: Report from Hell leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); The Last of Us Remastered leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Michigan: Report from HellThe Last of Us Remastered

Axis by axis

Execution2 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.

Variance3 vs 2

Michigan: Report from Hell leans harder on variance: Hidden scoring tags reward unknown discoveries.

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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