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Heroes of Might and Magic III cover artvsPanzer General 2 cover art

Heroes of Might and Magic IIIvsPanzer General 2

Heroes of Might and Magic III leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Panzer General 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION0 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION9 /10
Heroes of Might and Magic IIIPanzer General 2

Axis by axis

Execution0 vs 1

Panzer General 2 leans harder on execution: Moving hex units has no twitch component

Reads3 vs 3

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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Heroes of Might and Magic III

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