head to head
vs
Mutant Year Zero: Road to EdenvsSilent Hunter III
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Silent Hunter III leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Mutant Year Zero: Road to EdenSilent Hunter III
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 3
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance5 vs 6
Silent Hunter III leans harder on variance: Convoy locations, escorts and detection rolls are hidden information.
Optimization8 vs 7
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.