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The Last of Us cover artvsWatch Dogs cover art

The Last of UsvsWatch Dogs

The Last of Us leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Watch Dogs leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
The Last of UsWatch Dogs

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 6

Watch Dogs leans harder on optimization: Hacking chains and camera routes make stealth solvable

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

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