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Europa Universalis IV cover artvsSongs of Conquest cover art

Europa Universalis IVvsSongs of Conquest

Europa Universalis IV leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Songs of Conquest leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION9 /10
Europa Universalis IVSongs of Conquest

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 2

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads3 vs 3

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 4

Songs of Conquest leans harder on variance: Resource tile placement and battle spell procs add variance

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.

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