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FIFA Manager 14 cover artvsPillars of Eternity cover art

FIFA Manager 14vsPillars of Eternity

FIFA Manager 14 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Pillars of Eternity leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION9 /10
FIFA Manager 14Pillars of Eternity

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 2

Pillars of Eternity leans harder on execution: Real-time-with-pause removes all twitch pressure from the player

Reads2 vs 1

FIFA Manager 14 leans harder on reads: AI clubs follow scripted logic, no real adaptation

Variance4 vs 4

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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