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Grim Dawn cover artvsMight and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven cover art

Grim DawnvsMight and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven

Grim Dawn leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION9 /10
Grim DawnMight and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 3

Grim Dawn leans harder on execution: Boss fights and Crucible have limited twitch demand

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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Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven