head to head
vs
Football Manager 2017vsSurviving Mars
Football Manager 2017 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Surviving Mars leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Football Manager 2017Surviving Mars
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 1
Surviving Mars leans harder on execution: pausable, no reflex
Reads1 vs 0
Football Manager 2017 leans harder on reads: AI managers follow models you can systematise, not minds
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.