head to head
vs
Thief II: The Metal AgevsTotal War Saga: Thrones of Britannia
Thief II: The Metal Age leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Thief II: The Metal AgeTotal War Saga: Thrones of Britannia
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 3
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 2
Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia leans harder on reads: Multiplayer battles involve some human prediction
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization9 vs 8
Thief II: The Metal Age leans harder on optimization: Loot routing and tool economy are fully optimisable once learned
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.