head to head
vs
Star Wars: Empire at WarvsTom Clancy's EndWar
Star Wars: Empire at War leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Tom Clancy's EndWar leans Optimization (Mind & Math).
Star Wars: Empire at WarTom Clancy's EndWar
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 2
Star Wars: Empire at War leans harder on execution: Some battle micro, but APM never dominates outcomes
Reads5 vs 5
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization8 vs 7
Star Wars: Empire at War leans harder on optimization: Economy, tech order and counter-unit composition decide campaigns
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.