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Mount & Blade: Warband cover artvsWoW Classic cover art

Mount & Blade: WarbandvsWoW Classic

Mount & Blade: Warband leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); WoW Classic leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION5 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Mount & Blade: WarbandWoW Classic

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 3

WoW Classic leans harder on reads: World PvP and battlegrounds involve real human prediction

Variance3 vs 3

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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Mount & Blade: Warband

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WoW Classic