head to head
vs
Patrician IVvsPokemon Sun
Patrician IV leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Pokemon Sun leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Patrician IVPokemon Sun
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 0
Patrician IV leans harder on execution: Trade management has no twitch or timing demands
Reads2 vs 2
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization9 vs 8
Patrician IV leans harder on optimization: Optimizing trade routes, production and pricing is the entire loop
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.