head to head

Highfleet cover artvsShadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun cover art

HighfleetvsShadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun

Highfleet leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE5 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance5 vs 3

Highfleet leans harder on variance: Radio intercepts and hidden enemy fleet positions

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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