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Marvel Contest of Champions cover artvsMount & Blade: Warband cover art

Marvel Contest of ChampionsvsMount & Blade: Warband

Marvel Contest of Champions leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Mount & Blade: Warband leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION5 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Marvel Contest of ChampionsMount & Blade: Warband

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 2

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 3

Marvel Contest of Champions leans harder on variance: Gacha crystal pulls gate which champions you even own

Optimization7 vs 8

Mount & Blade: Warband leans harder on optimization: Trade routes, troop trees, and fief management are solvable

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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