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Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope cover artvsMight & Magic: Heroes VI cover art

Mario + Rabbids Sparks of HopevsMight & Magic: Heroes VI

Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Might & Magic: Heroes VI leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of HopeMight & Magic: Heroes VI

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 1

Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope leans harder on execution: Menu-driven actions, light aim

Reads3 vs 3

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 4

Might & Magic: Heroes VI leans harder on variance: combat rolls and map resources random

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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Might & Magic: Heroes VI