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Dead in Vinland cover artvsFire Emblem Heroes cover art

Dead in VinlandvsFire Emblem Heroes

Dead in Vinland leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Fire Emblem Heroes leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE6 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Dead in VinlandFire Emblem Heroes

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 2

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance6 vs 5

Dead in Vinland leans harder on variance: Dice rolls and random events threaten the camp daily

Optimization8 vs 7

Dead in Vinland leans harder on optimization: Resource and morale management across the family is the game

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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