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Heroes of Annihilated Empires cover artvsThe Elder Scrolls Online cover art

Heroes of Annihilated EmpiresvsThe Elder Scrolls Online

Heroes of Annihilated Empires leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Elder Scrolls Online leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Heroes of Annihilated EmpiresThe Elder Scrolls Online

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 5

The Elder Scrolls Online leans harder on execution: Action combat with weaving and rotations

Reads3 vs 3

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization8 vs 7

Heroes of Annihilated Empires leans harder on optimization: Army building, hero upgrades and resource management lead

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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