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Shovel Knight cover artvsUncharted 3: Drake's Deception cover art

Shovel KnightvsUncharted 3: Drake's Deception

Shovel Knight leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Shovel KnightUncharted 3: Drake's Deception

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Shovel Knight leans harder on execution: Pogo combat and platforming need timing

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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Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception