head to head
vs
Going MedievalvsTorchlight
Going Medieval leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Torchlight leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Going MedievalTorchlight
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 2
Torchlight leans harder on execution: Click-to-kill combat with minimal mechanical demand
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance6 vs 5
Going Medieval leans harder on variance: Settler traits, weather, and plague events carry meaningful randomness
Optimization8 vs 8
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.