head to head
vs
Army Men: RTSvsAssassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Army Men: RTS leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Army Men: RTSAssassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 4
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads2 vs 2
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag leans harder on variance: Weather, convoys, and hunting spawns
Optimization7 vs 6
Army Men: RTS leans harder on optimization: Plastic and electricity economy plus unit mixes are solvable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.