head to head
vs
Impossible CreaturesvsStar Wars: Empire at War
Impossible Creatures leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Star Wars: Empire at War leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Impossible CreaturesStar Wars: Empire at War
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 3
Impossible Creatures leans harder on execution: Standard RTS micro and army control
Reads5 vs 5
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
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.