head to head
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Age of Darkness: Final StandvsSid Meier's Pirates!
Age of Darkness: Final Stand leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Sid Meier's Pirates! leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Age of Darkness: Final StandSid Meier's Pirates!
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 4
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Age of Darkness: Final Stand leans harder on reads: Nightmare hordes pathe predictably; no adaptive adversary
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization8 vs 7
Age of Darkness: Final Stand leans harder on optimization: Economy, wall layouts and tech order decide survival
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.