head to head
vs
SacredvsWizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
Sacred leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
SacredWizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 1
Sacred leans harder on execution: Click combat with combo-move sequencing
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance5 vs 6
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord leans harder on variance: Random encounters, teleporters and brutal dice rolls
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.