Building comparison
head to head
Fire Emblem Fates: BirthrightvsPlague Inc: Evolved
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.
Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A tactical RPG where careful positioning and managing randomized combat odds decides survival.
Plague Inc: Evolved
Optimization · Pure Optimization
Engineer a pandemic; evolution order is the puzzle.
Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Plague Inc: Evolved leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Fire Emblem Fates: BirthrightPlague Inc: Evolved
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 1
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright
no real-time physical skill, turn-based
Plague Inc: Evolved
no reflex
Reads1 vs 1
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright
AI is scripted, no true adaptation
Plague Inc: Evolved
world response scripted
Variance4 vs 4
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright
hit chance rolls are heavily randomized
Plague Inc: Evolved
country event timing
Optimization9 vs 9
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright
permadeath tactics and builds near-solvable
Plague Inc: Evolved
evolution order heavily solved
A matching score does not mean a matching test. Two games can both sit at 10 on execution and demand completely different things of you - which is why the reasoning above matters more than the number beside it.