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Stranglehold cover artvsUncharted 4: A Thief's End cover art

StrangleholdvsUncharted 4: A Thief's End

Stranglehold leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Uncharted 4: A Thief's End leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Stranglehold leans harder on execution: Slow-motion dive-shooting still rewards aim and style 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 3

Stranglehold leans harder on optimization: Style-point economy and Tequila Time management are learnable

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 4: A Thief's End