head to head
vs
Fire Emblem: AwakeningvsNews Tower
Fire Emblem: Awakening leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); News Tower leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Fire Emblem: AwakeningNews Tower
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 2
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Fire Emblem: Awakening leans harder on reads: Enemies follow simple aggro patterns on fixed maps
Variance5 vs 4
Fire Emblem: Awakening leans harder on variance: Hit and crit rates plus random level-up stats create run variance
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.