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Ancient Wars: Sparta cover artvsTransistor cover art

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Ancient Wars: Sparta leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Transistor leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 1

Ancient Wars: Sparta leans harder on reads: Skirmish opponents allow shallow prediction at best

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 7

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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