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Heroes of Might and Magic IV cover artvsPokémon Ultra Moon cover art

Heroes of Might and Magic IVvsPokémon Ultra Moon

Heroes of Might and Magic IV leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Pokémon Ultra Moon leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Heroes of Might and Magic IVPokémon Ultra Moon

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads3 vs 3

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

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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Heroes of Might and Magic IV

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Pokémon Ultra Moon