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Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII cover artvsSimCity (2013) cover art

Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIIIvsSimCity (2013)

Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); SimCity (2013) leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION0 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIIISimCity (2013)

Axis by axis

Execution0 vs 1

SimCity (2013) leans harder on execution: Mouse planning; no dexterity demands.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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