head to head
vs
Age of Empires IIIvsOxide: Survival Island
Age of Empires III leans Optimization (Mind & Math); Oxide: Survival Island leans Optimization (Grand Arena).
Age of Empires IIIOxide: Survival Island
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
Oxide: Survival Island leans harder on execution: PvP gunfights reward raw aim on mobile controls
Reads6 vs 6
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization8 vs 7
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.