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Heroes of Might and Magic IV cover artvsInkulinati cover art

Heroes of Might and Magic IVvsInkulinati

Heroes of Might and Magic IV leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Inkulinati leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Heroes of Might and Magic IVInkulinati

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads3 vs 4

Inkulinati leans harder on reads: Human duels reward predicting the opponent's bestiary plans

Variance4 vs 4

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization8 vs 8

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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