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Mount & Blade: Warband cover artvsWorld of Warcraft cover art

Mount & Blade: WarbandvsWorld of Warcraft

Mount & Blade: Warband leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); World of Warcraft leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION5 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Mount & Blade: WarbandWorld of Warcraft

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 3

World of Warcraft leans harder on reads: PvP arenas have light read element

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization8 vs 9

World of Warcraft leans harder on optimization: Gear, talents, and rotation are mathematically solved

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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Mount & Blade: Warband

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World of Warcraft