head to head
vs
Age of Empires II: The Age of KingsvsAge of Mythology: Retold
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings leans Optimization (Grand Arena); Age of Mythology: Retold leans Reads (Grand Arena).
Age of Empires II: The Age of KingsAge of Mythology: Retold
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads7 vs 7
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 5
Age of Mythology: Retold leans harder on variance: God power availability and favor generation add opaque randomness
Optimization8 vs 7
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings leans harder on optimization: Build orders refined over two decades
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.