head to head
vs
Mount & Blade: WarbandvsNew Star Soccer 5
Mount & Blade: Warband leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); New Star Soccer 5 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Mount & Blade: WarbandNew Star Soccer 5
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads2 vs 2
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 4
New Star Soccer 5 leans harder on variance: Match outcomes and life events have randomness
Optimization8 vs 7
Mount & Blade: Warband leans harder on optimization: Trade routes, troop trees, and fief management are solvable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.