head to head

The Expendables 2: The Videogame cover artvsUncharted 4: A Thief's End cover art

The Expendables 2: The VideogamevsUncharted 4: A Thief's End

The Expendables 2: The Videogame leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Uncharted 4: A Thief's End leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
The Expendables 2: The VideogameUncharted 4: A Thief's End

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

The Expendables 2: The Videogame leans harder on execution: Twin-stick aiming and dodging is the main demand

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

The Expendables 2: The Videogame leans harder on variance: Spawns are fixed and learnable

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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The Expendables 2: The Videogame

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Uncharted 4: A Thief's End