head to head
M1 Tank PlatoonvsMedieval: Total War
M1 Tank Platoon leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Medieval: Total War leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
M1 Tank PlatoonMedieval: Total War
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 3
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads2 vs 2
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 3
M1 Tank Platoon leans harder on variance: Fog-of-war and scripted-unknown enemy positions
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.

