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Angry Birds Rio cover artvsThe Bureau: XCOM Declassified cover art

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Angry Birds Rio leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); The Bureau: XCOM Declassified leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

The Bureau: XCOM Declassified leans harder on variance: cover-based hit chances are randomized

Optimization6 vs 7

The Bureau: XCOM Declassified leans harder on optimization: squad tactics and builds are solvable

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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