head to head
vs
Age of Empires IIIvsLife is Feudal: Your Own
Age of Empires III leans Optimization (Mind & Math); Life is Feudal: Your Own leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Age of Empires IIILife is Feudal: Your Own
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 4
Age of Empires III leans harder on execution: Unit micro and raid defense
Reads6 vs 5
Age of Empires III leans harder on reads: Human deck and timing reads in ranked
Variance4 vs 3
Age of Empires III leans harder on variance: Map spawns and shipment ordering unknowns
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.