head to head
vs
Jamestown+vsThe Messenger
Jamestown+ leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); The Messenger leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Jamestown+The Messenger
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Jamestown+ leans harder on variance: Some randomised enemy sub-patterns appear at higher legends difficulty
Optimization6 vs 5
Jamestown+ leans harder on optimization: Vaunt-chain maximisation and formation choice are learnable systems
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.