head to head
vs
Boom BeachvsTorment: Tides of Numenera
Boom Beach leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Torment: Tides of Numenera leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Boom BeachTorment: Tides of Numenera
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 1
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads2 vs 1
Boom Beach leans harder on reads: Attacks hit static bases - defenders aren't present to adapt
Variance3 vs 4
Torment: Tides of Numenera leans harder on variance: Hidden Tide value thresholds and item interactions create unknown-information branches
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.