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Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Star Wars: The Old Republic leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 3

Star Wars: The Old Republic leans harder on reads: PvP warzones feature real adaptive opponents

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization8 vs 7

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord leans harder on optimization: Economy, army composition, and kingdom management dominate

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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