head to head
vs
Rise of IndustryvsZoo Tycoon
Rise of Industry leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Zoo Tycoon leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Rise of IndustryZoo Tycoon
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 0
Rise of Industry leans harder on execution: Pure menu and map clicking
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization9 vs 8
Rise of Industry leans harder on optimization: Production chains and logistics are a pure solvable puzzle
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.