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Battlestar Galactica Deadlock cover artvsWasteland 3 cover art

Battlestar Galactica DeadlockvsWasteland 3

Battlestar Galactica Deadlock leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Wasteland 3 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Battlestar Galactica DeadlockWasteland 3

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 2

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 1

Battlestar Galactica Deadlock leans harder on reads: Some multiplayer prediction, mostly against scripted AI.

Variance3 vs 4

Wasteland 3 leans harder on variance: Encounter layouts and loot locations hold hidden information on first run

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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