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Out of This World cover artvsTomb Raider cover art

Out of This WorldvsTomb Raider

Out of This World leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Tomb Raider leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Out of This WorldTomb Raider

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Out of This World leans harder on execution: Precise jump and laser timing within tight scripted windows

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Out of This World leans harder on variance: Deaths come from unknown scripted traps until memorised

Optimization7 vs 7

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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