head to head
vs
Football Manager 2005vsPlague Inc: Evolved
Football Manager 2005 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Plague Inc: Evolved leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Football Manager 2005Plague Inc: Evolved
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 1
Plague Inc: Evolved leans harder on execution: no reflex
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance5 vs 4
Football Manager 2005 leans harder on variance: Match engine rolls and player form inject constant noise
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.