head to head
vs
Europa Universalis IIIvsSimCity 4
Europa Universalis III leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); SimCity 4 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Europa Universalis IIISimCity 4
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 1
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Europa Universalis III leans harder on reads: AI behaviour is learnable, not adaptive
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.