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Soldier of Fortune: Payback cover artvsUncharted 4: A Thief's End cover art

Soldier of Fortune: PaybackvsUncharted 4: A Thief's End

Soldier of Fortune: Payback leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Uncharted 4: A Thief's End leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Soldier of Fortune: PaybackUncharted 4: A Thief's End

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Execution6 vs 5

Soldier of Fortune: Payback leans harder on execution: Twitch gunfights against aggressive AI are the core

Reads2 vs 1

Soldier of Fortune: Payback leans harder on reads: Multiplayer existed but campaign AI never adapts

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 3

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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Soldier of Fortune: Payback

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Uncharted 4: A Thief's End