head to head
vs
Blue PrincevsX-COM: Apocalypse
Blue Prince leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); X-COM: Apocalypse leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Blue PrinceX-COM: Apocalypse
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 1
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance6 vs 6
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization8 vs 9
X-COM: Apocalypse leans harder on optimization: City politics, economy and tech routing decide the war.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.