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Europa Universalis IV cover artvsStar Wars Galaxies cover art

Europa Universalis IVvsStar Wars Galaxies

Europa Universalis IV leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Star Wars Galaxies leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION9 /10
Europa Universalis IVStar Wars Galaxies

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 3

Star Wars Galaxies leans harder on execution: Combat has limited twitch ceiling in the original sandbox form

Reads3 vs 4

Star Wars Galaxies leans harder on reads: Cantina PvP and factional conflict involved real adaptive opponents

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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