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Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes cover artvsWasteland 2 cover art

Star Wars: Galaxy of HeroesvsWasteland 2

Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Wasteland 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE5 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Star Wars: Galaxy of HeroesWasteland 2

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 2

Wasteland 2 leans harder on execution: Turn-based tactical combat has no twitch component

Reads2 vs 1

Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes leans harder on reads: Arena PvP is asynchronous against AI-piloted squads, barely readable

Variance5 vs 5

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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Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes

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