head to head
vs
Mount & Blade: With Fire and SwordvsNew World: Aeternum
Mount & Blade: With Fire and Sword leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); New World: Aeternum leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Mount & Blade: With Fire and SwordNew World: Aeternum
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads3 vs 4
New World: Aeternum leans harder on reads: Open-world PvP wars and outpost rush involve adaptive opponents
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 6
Mount & Blade: With Fire and Sword leans harder on optimization: Army composition, economy and gear math drive campaign power
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.