head to head
vs
Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron GamevsFire Emblem: Three Houses
Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Fire Emblem: Three Houses leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron GameFire Emblem: Three Houses
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 1
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads2 vs 1
Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game leans harder on reads: Multiplayer diplomacy adds rare human prediction
Variance2 vs 3
Fire Emblem: Three Houses leans harder on variance: Hit rates and crit RNG affect runs
Optimization9 vs 9
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.