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Crusader Kings II cover artvsJurassic World Alive cover art

Crusader Kings IIvsJurassic World Alive

Crusader Kings II leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Jurassic World Alive leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE5 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Crusader Kings IIJurassic World Alive

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 2

Jurassic World Alive leans harder on execution: Tapping abilities carries no timing skill

Reads3 vs 4

Jurassic World Alive leans harder on reads: PvP move selection involves some opponent guessing

Variance5 vs 5

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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