head to head

Elite Dangerous cover artvsShadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun cover art

Elite DangerousvsShadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun

Elite Dangerous leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Elite DangerousShadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 1

Elite Dangerous leans harder on reads: Light PvP reads, mostly PvE

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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Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun