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Resistance: Retribution cover artvsTomb Raider (2013) cover art

Resistance: RetributionvsTomb Raider (2013)

Resistance: Retribution leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Tomb Raider (2013) leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Resistance: RetributionTomb Raider (2013)

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Resistance: Retribution leans harder on execution: Aim-assisted cover shooting still demands timing and positioning

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 4

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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