head to head
vs
Assassin's Creed III: LiberationvsWar Wind
Assassin's Creed III: Liberation leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); War Wind leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Assassin's Creed III: LiberationWar Wind
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 4
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 3
War Wind leans harder on variance: Fog of war hides enemy positions until scouted
Optimization6 vs 7
War Wind leans harder on optimization: Economy, build orders and racial tech are the solvable core
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.