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FrostpunkvsSid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization
Frostpunk leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
FrostpunkSid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 0
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 1
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization leans harder on reads: AI rivals follow mappable tendencies
Variance3 vs 4
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization leans harder on variance: Map generation and exploration hide early information
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.