head to head
vs
SimCity 4vsThe Wandering Village
SimCity 4 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Wandering Village leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
SimCity 4The Wandering Village
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 1
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 4
The Wandering Village leans harder on variance: Biomes, weather and events arrive unpredictably.
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.