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Mini Metro cover artvsWasteland 2 cover art

Mini MetrovsWasteland 2

Mini Metro leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Wasteland 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE5 /10OPTIMIZATION9 /10
Mini MetroWasteland 2

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 2

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Wasteland 2 leans harder on reads: All enemy factions use scripted behaviour with no player adaptation

Variance5 vs 5

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization9 vs 8

Mini Metro leans harder on optimization: line topology and routing

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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