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Europa 1400: The Guild cover artvsMight & Magic: Heroes VI cover art

Europa 1400: The GuildvsMight & Magic: Heroes VI

Europa 1400: The Guild leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Might & Magic: Heroes VI leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Europa 1400: The GuildMight & Magic: Heroes VI

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 3

Might & Magic: Heroes VI leans harder on reads: predicting human opponent strategy in PvP

Variance4 vs 4

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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Europa 1400: The Guild

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Might & Magic: Heroes VI