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Chaos Reborn cover artvsHearthstone cover art

Chaos RebornvsHearthstone

Chaos Reborn leans Reads (Grand Arena); Hearthstone leans Variance (Grand Arena).

EXECUTION2 /10READS7 /10VARIANCE6 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 1

Chaos Reborn leans harder on execution: Clicking units involves no twitch dimension

Reads7 vs 6

Chaos Reborn leans harder on reads: Bluffing illusion spells against human wizards is central

Variance6 vs 7

Hearthstone leans harder on variance: Draw RNG and discover effects swing games

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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