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Kingdom Under Fire: The CrusadersvsThe Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Kingdom Under Fire: The CrusadersThe Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders leans harder on execution: Hack-and-slash hero combat mid-battle

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 6

Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders leans harder on optimization: Troop counters, terrain, and upgrades win wars

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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The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings