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Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando cover artvsSteamWorld Dig 2 cover art

Ratchet & Clank: Going CommandovsSteamWorld Dig 2

Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); SteamWorld Dig 2 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Ratchet & Clank: Going CommandoSteamWorld Dig 2

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

SteamWorld Dig 2 leans harder on reads: Scripted enemies only

Variance2 vs 2

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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