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The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords - Anniversary Edition cover artvsUncharted 4: A Thief's End cover art

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords - Anniversary EditionvsUncharted 4: A Thief's End

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords - Anniversary Edition leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Uncharted 4: A Thief's End leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords - Anniversary EditionUncharted 4: A Thief's End

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 1

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords - Anniversary Edition leans harder on variance: force gem and item spawn randomness

Optimization4 vs 3

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords - Anniversary Edition leans harder on optimization: puzzle-solving and route efficiency

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 Legend of Zelda: Four Swords - Anniversary Edition

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Uncharted 4: A Thief's End