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They Are Billions cover artvsXenoblade Chronicles 2 cover art

They Are BillionsvsXenoblade Chronicles 2

They Are Billions leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Xenoblade Chronicles 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION3 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION9 /10
They Are BillionsXenoblade Chronicles 2

Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 3

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 4

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 leans harder on variance: Blade gacha and crit rolls

Optimization9 vs 8

They Are Billions leans harder on optimization: economy and wall placement 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.

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