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Dungeon Keeper 2 cover artvsPikmin 3 Deluxe cover art

Dungeon Keeper 2vsPikmin 3 Deluxe

Dungeon Keeper 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Pikmin 3 Deluxe leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION3 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Dungeon Keeper 2Pikmin 3 Deluxe

Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 4

Pikmin 3 Deluxe leans harder on execution: multitasking pikmin management under time pressure

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 7

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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Dungeon Keeper 2

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Pikmin 3 Deluxe