head to head
vs
Fire Emblem: AwakeningvsTorchlight
Fire Emblem: Awakening leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Torchlight leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Fire Emblem: AwakeningTorchlight
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 5
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.