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Knights of the Old Republic cover artvsMight and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven cover art

Knights of the Old RepublicvsMight and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven

Knights of the Old Republic leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION9 /10
Knights of the Old RepublicMight and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 3

Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven leans harder on execution: Real-time outdoor combat requires some positioning and timing under pressure

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 4

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization9 vs 9

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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Knights of the Old Republic

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Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven