head to head
vs
Curious Expedition 2vsFire Emblem Heroes
Curious Expedition 2 leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Fire Emblem Heroes leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Curious Expedition 2Fire Emblem Heroes
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 1
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 2
Fire Emblem Heroes leans harder on reads: Arena defense teams are AI-run, so prediction is shallow
Variance6 vs 5
Curious Expedition 2 leans harder on variance: Procedural maps and dice-driven events drive each run
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.