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Desperados III cover artvsShadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun cover art

Desperados IIIvsShadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun

Desperados III leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Desperados IIIShadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 3

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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Desperados III

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Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun