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Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition cover artvsFootball Manager 2020 cover art

Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced EditionvsFootball Manager 2020

Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Football Manager 2020 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION9 /10
Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced EditionFootball Manager 2020

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 0

Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition leans harder on execution: no real-time physical skill, turn-based

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 5

Football Manager 2020 leans harder on variance: Match engine RNG and player development create hidden swings

Optimization9 vs 9

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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Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition

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Football Manager 2020