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Plague Inc: Evolved cover artvsSid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization cover art

Plague Inc: EvolvedvsSid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization

Plague Inc: Evolved leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION9 /10
Plague Inc: EvolvedSid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 0

Plague Inc: Evolved leans harder on execution: no reflex

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 4

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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Plague Inc: Evolved

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Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization