head to head
vs
Life is Feudal: Your OwnvsStar Wars: Empire at War
Life is Feudal: Your Own leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Star Wars: Empire at War leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Life is Feudal: Your OwnStar Wars: Empire at War
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 3
Life is Feudal: Your Own leans harder on execution: Directional melee combat has a modest physical ceiling.
Reads5 vs 5
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 2
Life is Feudal: Your Own leans harder on variance: Resource quality rolls and unknown player intentions.
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.