head to head
vs
Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's ThronevsEndless Legend
Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Endless Legend leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's ThroneEndless Legend
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 1
Endless Legend leans harder on execution: turn-based
Reads2 vs 3
Endless Legend leans harder on reads: scripted AI, limited MP
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.