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Dungeon Keeper 2 cover artvsLEGO Battles cover art

Dungeon Keeper 2vsLEGO Battles

Dungeon Keeper 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); LEGO Battles leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION3 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 3

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 3

LEGO Battles leans harder on reads: Multiplayer skirmishes add light human prediction

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 6

Dungeon Keeper 2 leans harder on optimization: Dungeon layout, creature economy and research are solvable.

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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