head to head
vs
Death StrandingvsTotal War Saga: Thrones of Britannia
Death Stranding leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Death StrandingTotal War Saga: Thrones of Britannia
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 3
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 2
Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia leans harder on reads: Multiplayer battles involve some human prediction
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 8
Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia leans harder on optimization: Settlement planning and army composition decide the campaign
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.