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Age of EmpiresvsFoxhole

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

EXECUTION5 /10READS6 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 3

Age of Empires leans harder on execution: APM and micro under pressure

Reads6 vs 6

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 3

Age of Empires leans harder on variance: Fog of war and map resources

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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