head to head
vs
Age of Wonders: PlanetfallvsIcewind Dale II
Age of Wonders: Planetfall leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Icewind Dale II leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Age of Wonders: PlanetfallIcewind Dale II
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 2
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads2 vs 1
Age of Wonders: Planetfall leans harder on reads: AI opponents follow personality scripts without adaptive modelling
Variance5 vs 4
Age of Wonders: Planetfall leans harder on variance: Random sector secrets and hidden ruins inject manageable unknowns
Optimization9 vs 9
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.