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Mount & BladevsWing Commander: Privateer

Mount & Blade leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Wing Commander: Privateer leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Mount & BladeWing Commander: Privateer

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Mount & Blade leans harder on reads: AI lords and battle tactics are mappable scripts

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 6

Mount & Blade leans harder on optimization: Army composition, trade economy and fief management drive conquest

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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