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ARK: Survival Evolved cover artvsWarcraft Rumble cover art

ARK: Survival EvolvedvsWarcraft Rumble

ARK: Survival Evolved leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Warcraft Rumble leans Optimization (Mind & Math).

EXECUTION4 /10READS4 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
ARK: Survival EvolvedWarcraft Rumble

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 3

ARK: Survival Evolved leans harder on execution: Shooting and kiting matter in raids

Reads4 vs 5

Warcraft Rumble leans harder on reads: PvP deployments and counter-picks reward predicting the opponent

Variance4 vs 4

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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