head to head
vs
ARK: Survival of the FittestvsThe Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth
ARK: Survival of the Fittest leans Optimization (Mind & Math); The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth leans Optimization (Mind & Math).
ARK: Survival of the FittestThe Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads6 vs 6
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 3
ARK: Survival of the Fittest leans harder on variance: resource spawn and taming randomness
Optimization7 vs 7
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.