head to head
vs
Age of Empires IIIvsEA Sports College Football 25
Age of Empires III leans Optimization (Mind & Math); EA Sports College Football 25 leans Reads (Grand Arena).
Age of Empires IIIEA Sports College Football 25
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
EA Sports College Football 25 leans harder on execution: Stick skills, passing placement and timing decide plays
Reads6 vs 7
EA Sports College Football 25 leans harder on reads: Play-calling chess against a human adapting to your tendencies
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization8 vs 6
Age of Empires III leans harder on optimization: Home-city decks are a build-crafting layer
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.