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Revenge of the Savage PlanetvsThe Last of Us

Revenge of the Savage Planet leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); The Last of Us leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 5

The Last of Us leans harder on execution: Aim, stealth timing, and scarce-ammo combat

Reads0 vs 1

The Last of Us leans harder on reads: Enemy AI searches but follows mappable routines

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 5

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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