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Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart cover artvsSunset Overdrive cover art

Ratchet & Clank: Rift ApartvsSunset Overdrive

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Sunset Overdrive leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Ratchet & Clank: Rift ApartSunset Overdrive

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 6

Sunset Overdrive leans harder on execution: Grind-rail momentum and mid-air shooting reward clean hands

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 5

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart leans harder on optimization: Weapon leveling and bolt economy reward planned play.

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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