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Guild Wars cover artvsToribash cover art

Guild WarsvsToribash

Guild Wars leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Toribash leans Reads (Mind & Math).

EXECUTION4 /10READS5 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Guild WarsToribash

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 2

Guild Wars leans harder on execution: Interrupt timing and kiting in skirmishes

Reads5 vs 7

Toribash leans harder on reads: Predicting a human's next joint commitments

Variance2 vs 1

Guild Wars leans harder on variance: Modest drop and spawn randomness

Optimization8 vs 7

Guild Wars leans harder on optimization: Eight-skill build construction is the game's soul

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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