Building comparison
head to head
Anomaly 2vsNapoleon: Total War
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is variance, and it is a single point.
Anomaly 2
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A reverse tower defense testing convoy routing and unit composition against fixed defensive layouts.
Napoleon: Total War
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Grand strategy and line-infantry battles across the Napoleonic Wars.
Anomaly 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Napoleon: Total War leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Anomaly 2Napoleon: Total War
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 3
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Anomaly 2
Steering the commander and ability drops needs light real-time hands
Napoleon: Total War
Real-time battle micro under pressure
Reads3 vs 3
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Anomaly 2
Tower-offense versus humans in multiplayer adds some prediction
Napoleon: Total War
Multiplayer battles involve feints; campaign AI is mappable
Variance1 vs 2
Napoleon: Total War leans a little harder on variance, though the gap is small.
Anomaly 2
Campaign tower layouts are fixed and learnable
Napoleon: Total War
Morale swings and fog of war
Optimization8 vs 8
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Anomaly 2
Convoy composition, routing, and morph timing are the real test
Napoleon: Total War
Campaign economy, army composition, and line tactics
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.