head to head
vs
Democracy 3vsSid Meier's Civilization III
Democracy 3 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Sid Meier's Civilization III leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Democracy 3Sid Meier's Civilization III
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 0
Democracy 3 leans harder on execution: Turn-based policy sliders; no physical component.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 4
Sid Meier's Civilization III leans harder on variance: Random maps, resources and combat rolls matter early
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.