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Pillars of Eternity cover artvsWarhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War cover art

Pillars of EternityvsWarhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War

Pillars of Eternity leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION9 /10
Pillars of EternityWarhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 2

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 2

Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War leans harder on reads: AI factions follow fixed expansion doctrines without adaptive modelling

Variance4 vs 5

Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War leans harder on variance: Random relic placement and event spawns add meaningful hidden unknowns

Optimization9 vs 9

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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