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Riverbond cover artvsThe Last of Us Remastered cover art

RiverbondvsThe Last of Us Remastered

Riverbond leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); The Last of Us Remastered leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
RiverbondThe Last of Us Remastered

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Riverbond leans harder on reads: Enemies are scripted, no adaptive opponent

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 4

The Last of Us Remastered leans harder on optimization: resource crafting and route planning matter

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 Remastered