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Pokémon Blue VersionvsSid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization
Pokémon Blue Version leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Pokémon Blue VersionSid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 0
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 4
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization leans harder on variance: Map generation and exploration hide early information
Optimization8 vs 9
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization leans harder on optimization: Colony economy, specialists and independence timing are deeply solvable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.