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Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Plants vs. Zombies leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom SimPlants vs. Zombies

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 1

Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim leans harder on execution: Placing buildings and flags has no twitch component

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 3

Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim leans harder on variance: Hero whims and monster spawns inject run-to-run uncertainty

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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