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Solar Ash cover artvsTomb Raider (2013) cover art

Solar AshvsTomb Raider (2013)

Solar Ash leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Tomb Raider (2013) leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Solar Ash leans harder on execution: Skate-platforming and boss traversal

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 4

Tomb Raider (2013) leans harder on optimization: Weapon upgrades and skill picks straightforward.

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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