head to head
vs
Night CrowsvsRome: Total War
Night Crows leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Rome: Total War leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Night CrowsRome: Total War
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 3
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads3 vs 2
Night Crows leans harder on reads: Large-scale PvP politics involve some human prediction
Variance3 vs 2
Night Crows leans harder on variance: Gear drops and enhancement rolls gate progress
Optimization8 vs 8
Even - both lean on optimization about the same.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.