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Banished leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Dyson Sphere Program leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION9 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Banished leans harder on variance: weather, disease events

Optimization9 vs 10

Dyson Sphere Program leans harder on optimization: Interstellar logistics and sphere construction are a pure engineering optimisation problem

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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