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Age of Empires III cover artvsAge of Mythology cover art

Age of Empires IIIvsAge of Mythology

Age of Empires III leans Optimization (Mind & Math); Age of Mythology leans Optimization (Mind & Math).

EXECUTION5 /10READS6 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Age of Empires IIIAge of Mythology

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads6 vs 6

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 4

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization8 vs 8

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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Age of Empires III

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Age of Mythology