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The Last of Us Part II cover artvsZero Tolerance cover art

The Last of Us Part IIvsZero Tolerance

The Last of Us Part II leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Zero Tolerance leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
The Last of Us Part IIZero Tolerance

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

The Last of Us Part II leans harder on reads: Smarter AI still runs mappable search scripts

Variance2 vs 1

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

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