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Payday 2: Crimewave Edition cover artvsThe Legend of Zelda cover art

Payday 2: Crimewave EditionvsThe Legend of Zelda

Payday 2: Crimewave Edition leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); The Legend of Zelda leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Payday 2: Crimewave EditionThe Legend of Zelda

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Payday 2: Crimewave Edition leans harder on execution: Aim and crowd control matter once a heist goes loud

Reads1 vs 0

Payday 2: Crimewave Edition leans harder on reads: Police waves are scripted spawns, not an adapting mind

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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Payday 2: Crimewave Edition

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The Legend of Zelda