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Project I.G.I.: I'm Going In cover artvsThe Last of Us Part II cover art

Project I.G.I.: I'm Going InvsThe Last of Us Part II

Project I.G.I.: I'm Going In leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); The Last of Us Part II leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Project I.G.I.: I'm Going InThe Last of Us Part II

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

The Last of Us Part II leans harder on reads: Smarter AI still runs mappable search scripts

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 5

Project I.G.I.: I'm Going In leans harder on optimization: Planning infiltration routes through bases is the core test

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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The Last of Us Part II