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Age of Wonders 3 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Inscryption leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE5 /10OPTIMIZATION9 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 1

Age of Wonders 3 leans harder on execution: Turn-based; no timing or precision demands

Reads2 vs 2

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance5 vs 5

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization9 vs 8

Age of Wonders 3 leans harder on optimization: Class-race combinations and hero skill builds are richly 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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