head to head
vs
Empire: Total WarvsImperium Galactica II: Alliances
Empire: Total War leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Imperium Galactica II: Alliances leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Empire: Total WarImperium Galactica II: Alliances
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 2
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads3 vs 3
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 2
Empire: Total War leans harder on variance: Campaign AI and battle dice noise
Optimization8 vs 9
Imperium Galactica II: Alliances leans harder on optimization: Empire economy, tech and fleet building is the whole game
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.