head to head

The Last of Us Part I cover artvsUncharted: Drake's Fortune cover art

The Last of Us Part IvsUncharted: Drake's Fortune

The Last of Us Part I leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Uncharted: Drake's Fortune leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
The Last of Us Part IUncharted: Drake's Fortune

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 5

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune leans harder on execution: Cover gunfights and climbing timing

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

The Last of Us Part I leans harder on variance: loot and encounter variation

Optimization4 vs 4

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.

full breakdown

The Last of Us Part I

full breakdown

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune