head to head
vs
Fire Emblem: Three HousesvsStardew Valley
Fire Emblem: Three Houses leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Stardew Valley leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Fire Emblem: Three HousesStardew Valley
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 1
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Fire Emblem: Three Houses leans harder on reads: AI follows fixed aggression rules
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization9 vs 8
Fire Emblem: Three Houses leans harder on optimization: Class routing and build planning dominates
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.