head to head
vs
Front Page Sports FootballvsTotal War: Rome II
Front Page Sports Football leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Total War: Rome II leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Front Page Sports FootballTotal War: Rome II
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads4 vs 3
Front Page Sports Football leans harder on reads: reading human opponent's play calling
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 8
Total War: Rome II leans harder on optimization: Senate favor management and province chains form a solvable campaign system
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.