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The Last of UsvsTormented Souls II

The Last of Us leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Tormented Souls II leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
The Last of UsTormented Souls II

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 4

The Last of Us leans harder on execution: Aim, stealth timing, and scarce-ammo combat

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Tormented Souls II leans harder on variance: Scripted-but-unknown enemy encounters and item placement.

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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