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FIFA Manager 14 cover artvsSid Meier's Civilization IV cover art

FIFA Manager 14vsSid Meier's Civilization IV

FIFA Manager 14 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Sid Meier's Civilization IV leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION9 /10
FIFA Manager 14Sid Meier's Civilization IV

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 0

FIFA Manager 14 leans harder on execution: Menu-driven management, no physical input skill

Reads2 vs 2

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

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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FIFA Manager 14

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Sid Meier's Civilization IV