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Might & Magic: Heroes VIvsWarhammer 40,000: Battlesector

Might & Magic: Heroes VI leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 0

Might & Magic: Heroes VI leans harder on execution: no real-time physical skill needed

Reads3 vs 2

Might & Magic: Heroes VI leans harder on reads: predicting human opponent strategy in PvP

Variance4 vs 4

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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

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Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector