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Dark Cloud cover artvsSid Meier's Pirates! cover art

Dark CloudvsSid Meier's Pirates!

Dark Cloud leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Sid Meier's Pirates! leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Dark CloudSid Meier's Pirates!

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 4

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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Sid Meier's Pirates!