head to head
vs
MiasmatavsMutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
Miasmata leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
MiasmataMutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 3
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads2 vs 1
Miasmata leans harder on reads: The single creature stalks on fixed AI, not adaptive
Variance5 vs 5
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 8
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden leans harder on optimization: Stalker trait loadouts and pre-combat positioning are tight optimization puzzles
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.