head to head
vs
Galactic Civilizations IIIvsPersona 5 Royal
Galactic Civilizations III leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Persona 5 Royal leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Galactic Civilizations IIIPersona 5 Royal
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 1
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads2 vs 1
Galactic Civilizations III leans harder on reads: AI races have static personalities and no adaptive opponent modelling
Variance4 vs 3
Galactic Civilizations III leans harder on variance: Random galaxy layouts and events add manageable unknowns
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.