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Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords cover artvsSid Meier's Civilization cover art

Galactic Civilizations II: Dread LordsvsSid Meier's Civilization

Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Sid Meier's Civilization leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION0 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION9 /10
Galactic Civilizations II: Dread LordsSid Meier's Civilization

Axis by axis

Execution0 vs 0

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

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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Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords

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Sid Meier's Civilization