Building comparison
head to head
Age of EmpiresvsFat Princess
Age of Empires asks more than Fat Princess, and the gap is variance.
Age of Empires
Optimization · Mind & Math
The original historical RTS of advancing ages, booming economies, and rushing armies.
Fat Princess
Optimization · Mind & Math
Team objective tug-of-war testing class economy and reading the other team's pushes.
Age of Empires leans Optimization (Mind & Math); Fat Princess leans Optimization (Mind & Math).
Age of EmpiresFat Princess
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 4
Age of Empires leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
Age of Empires
APM and micro under pressure
Fat Princess
Simple hack-and-slash actions per class
Reads6 vs 5
Age of Empires leans a little harder on reads, though the gap is small.
Age of Empires
Scouting and countering human strategies
Fat Princess
Predicting enemy team pushes and rescues is constant
Variance4 vs 2
Age of Empires leans clearly harder on variance.
Age of Empires
Fog of war and map resources
Fat Princess
Minor spawn and map noise
Optimization8 vs 6
Age of Empires leans clearly harder on optimization.
Age of Empires
Build orders and eco timing dominate
Fat Princess
Class economy, cake feeding and upgrade timing win matches
A matching score does not mean a matching test. Two games can both sit at 10 on execution and demand completely different things of you - which is why the reasoning above matters more than the number beside it.