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Cossacks: European Wars cover artvsSupreme Commander cover art

Cossacks: European WarsvsSupreme Commander

Cossacks: European Wars leans Optimization (Mind & Math); Supreme Commander leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION5 /10READS6 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Cossacks: European WarsSupreme Commander

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads6 vs 5

Cossacks: European Wars leans harder on reads: Human opponents shift compositions and timing attacks

Variance3 vs 2

Cossacks: European Wars leans harder on variance: Map resources and scouting gaps hide information early

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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