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Crusader Kings III cover artvsRebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville cover art

Crusader Kings IIIvsRebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville

Crusader Kings III leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION0 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE6 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Crusader Kings IIIRebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville

Axis by axis

Execution0 vs 1

Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville leans harder on execution: Turn-based menus, no manual dexterity

Reads2 vs 2

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance6 vs 6

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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Crusader Kings III

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Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville