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Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the LionsvsPlague Inc: Evolved

Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Plague Inc: Evolved leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION0 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION9 /10
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the LionsPlague Inc: Evolved

Axis by axis

Execution0 vs 1

Plague Inc: Evolved leans harder on execution: no reflex

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 4

Plague Inc: Evolved leans harder on variance: country event timing

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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Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions

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Plague Inc: Evolved