head to head

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Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION2 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE5 /10OPTIMIZATION9 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 2

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance5 vs 6

Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters leans harder on variance: Nemesis Force activations, random Bloom spread, and loot drops create variance

Optimization9 vs 8

Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura leans harder on optimization: Magic versus technology stat split and schematic discovery 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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