head to head
vs
Icewind DalevsPanzer General
Icewind Dale leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Panzer General leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Icewind DalePanzer General
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 0
Icewind Dale leans harder on execution: Pausable real-time needs little dexterity
Reads0 vs 1
Panzer General leans harder on reads: Scripted AI opponent; no adaptive modeling
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.