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Star Wars Jedi: Survivor cover artvsThe Last of Us Part II cover art

Star Wars Jedi: SurvivorvsThe Last of Us Part II

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); The Last of Us Part II leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Star Wars Jedi: SurvivorThe Last of Us Part II

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 6

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor leans harder on execution: Parry windows and stance switching demand precise timing

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

The Last of Us Part II leans harder on variance: First-encounter unknowns only

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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The Last of Us Part II