head to head
vs
Cossacks II: Napoleonic WarsvsRome: Total War
Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Rome: Total War leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Cossacks II: Napoleonic WarsRome: Total War
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 3
Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars leans harder on execution: unit control and micromanagement under pressure
Reads2 vs 2
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization9 vs 8
Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars leans harder on optimization: economy, army composition, macro management
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.