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Animation Throwdown: The Quest for Cards cover artvsCrusader Kings III cover art

Animation Throwdown: The Quest for CardsvsCrusader Kings III

Animation Throwdown: The Quest for Cards leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Crusader Kings III leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE6 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Animation Throwdown: The Quest for CardsCrusader Kings III

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 0

Animation Throwdown: The Quest for Cards leans harder on execution: Playing cards requires no motor skill

Reads2 vs 2

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance6 vs 6

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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Animation Throwdown: The Quest for Cards

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Crusader Kings III