head to head
vs
Company of Heroes 2vsEmpire Earth
Company of Heroes 2 leans Reads (Grand Arena); Empire Earth leans Optimization (Mind & Math).
Company of Heroes 2Empire Earth
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
Company of Heroes 2 leans harder on execution: squad micro under pressure
Reads7 vs 7
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 8
Empire Earth leans harder on optimization: Epoch advancement timing and citizen allocation are near-optimally 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.