head to head
vs
Fire Emblem: Thracia 776vsSid Meier's Civilization III
Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Sid Meier's Civilization III leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Fire Emblem: Thracia 776Sid Meier's Civilization III
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 0
Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 leans harder on execution: Turn-based grid menus only.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance5 vs 4
Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 leans harder on variance: Fog of war, fatigue, and 1-99 hit rolls punish constantly.
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.