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Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten PastvsSid Meier's Civilization
Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Sid Meier's Civilization leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten PastSid Meier's Civilization
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 0
Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past leans harder on execution: Turn-based menus only.
Reads0 vs 1
Sid Meier's Civilization leans harder on reads: AI leaders follow mappable personalities, not adaptive minds
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.