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Kingdom Come: DeliverancevsKingdom Under Fire: Heroes

Kingdom Come: Deliverance leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Kingdom Under Fire: Heroes leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 3

Kingdom Under Fire: Heroes leans harder on reads: Online battles add human prediction; campaign AI is scripted

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 7

Kingdom Under Fire: Heroes leans harder on optimization: Troop training, equipment economy and formation tactics carry campaigns

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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Kingdom Come: Deliverance

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Kingdom Under Fire: Heroes