head to head
vs
Star Wars: Republic CommandovsThe Bureau: XCOM Declassified
Star Wars: Republic Commando leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); The Bureau: XCOM Declassified leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Star Wars: Republic CommandoThe Bureau: XCOM Declassified
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 4
Star Wars: Republic Commando leans harder on execution: Solid gunplay but squad does much lifting
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 3
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified leans harder on variance: cover-based hit chances are randomized
Optimization7 vs 7
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.