head to head
Final Fantasy XVvsSquad Assault: Second Wave
Final Fantasy XV leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Squad Assault: Second Wave leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Final Fantasy XVSquad Assault: Second Wave
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 3
Final Fantasy XV leans harder on execution: Real-time combat, modest input demand
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 3
Squad Assault: Second Wave leans harder on variance: random mission events and encounters
Optimization6 vs 6
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.