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Age of Mythology: Retold cover artvsCommand & Conquer: Red Alert 3 cover art

Age of Mythology: RetoldvsCommand & Conquer: Red Alert 3

Age of Mythology: Retold leans Reads (Grand Arena); Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 leans Reads (Grand Arena).

EXECUTION6 /10READS7 /10VARIANCE5 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Age of Mythology: RetoldCommand & Conquer: Red Alert 3

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads7 vs 7

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance5 vs 3

Age of Mythology: Retold leans harder on variance: God power availability and favor generation add opaque randomness

Optimization7 vs 6

Age of Mythology: Retold leans harder on optimization: Age-up god selections and favor economy are deeply optimizable

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 Mythology: Retold

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Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3