head to head
vs
Star Wars: Empire at WarvsToribash
Star Wars: Empire at War leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Toribash leans Reads (Mind & Math).
Star Wars: Empire at WarToribash
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 7
Toribash leans harder on reads: Predicting a human's next joint commitments
Variance2 vs 1
Star Wars: Empire at War leans harder on variance: Fog of war hides enemy fleets until scouted
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.