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Heroes of Might and Magic III cover artvsPro Basketball Manager 2017 cover art

Heroes of Might and Magic IIIvsPro Basketball Manager 2017

Heroes of Might and Magic III leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Pro Basketball Manager 2017 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION0 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION9 /10
Heroes of Might and Magic IIIPro Basketball Manager 2017

Axis by axis

Execution0 vs 0

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads3 vs 2

Heroes of Might and Magic III leans harder on reads: Human multiplayer adds bluffing; AI is mappable

Variance4 vs 4

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization9 vs 8

Heroes of Might and Magic III leans harder on optimization: Hero chains, build orders, and combat math are deeply solvable

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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