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Pokémon Violet cover artvsThe Settlers: Heritage of Kings cover art

Pokémon VioletvsThe Settlers: Heritage of Kings

Pokémon Violet leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Settlers: Heritage of Kings leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS3 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Pokémon VioletThe Settlers: Heritage of Kings

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 2

The Settlers: Heritage of Kings leans harder on execution: Modest click speed, far from APM-driven

Reads3 vs 3

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 3

Pokémon Violet leans harder on variance: Encounters, IVs and catch rolls add managed randomness

Optimization8 vs 8

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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The Settlers: Heritage of Kings