head to head
vs
Rome: Total WarvsTotal War: Warhammer II - Serpent God Edition
Rome: Total War leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Total War: Warhammer II - Serpent God Edition leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Rome: Total WarTotal War: Warhammer II - Serpent God Edition
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 3
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads2 vs 3
Total War: Warhammer II - Serpent God Edition leans harder on reads: Multiplayer battles reward army-list and deployment prediction
Variance2 vs 3
Total War: Warhammer II - Serpent God Edition leans harder on variance: Campaign map events and AI moves are partly hidden
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.