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Oxygen Not Included leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE5 /10OPTIMIZATION10 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 2

Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader leans harder on execution: Turn-based grid combat removes all real-time pressure

Reads0 vs 1

Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader leans harder on reads: Xenos and heretics run fixed scripted AI routines without modelling players

Variance5 vs 5

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization10 vs 10

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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