head to head
vs
Empire: Total WarvsSpaceland: Sci-Fi Indie Tactics
Empire: Total War leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Spaceland: Sci-Fi Indie Tactics leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Empire: Total WarSpaceland: Sci-Fi Indie Tactics
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 2
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads3 vs 2
Empire: Total War leans harder on reads: Multiplayer line-battle feints exist
Variance3 vs 4
Spaceland: Sci-Fi Indie Tactics leans harder on variance: Hit chances and fog of war add measured randomness
Optimization8 vs 8
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.