head to head
vs
Shadow Gambit: The Cursed CrewvsSimCity 4
Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); SimCity 4 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Shadow Gambit: The Cursed CrewSimCity 4
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 1
Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew leans harder on execution: Pausable planning removes nearly all dexterity pressure
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 3
SimCity 4 leans harder on variance: Neighbor city interactions and demand curves add unpredictability
Optimization9 vs 9
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.