head to head
vs
Mount & BladevsValkyrie Profile
Mount & Blade leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Valkyrie Profile leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Mount & BladeValkyrie Profile
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Mount & Blade leans harder on reads: AI lords and battle tactics are mappable scripts
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 8
Valkyrie Profile leans harder on optimization: Soul transfer, Einherjar builds, and chapter routing are deeply optimizable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.