head to head
vs
This Is the Police 2vsWasteland 2
This Is the Police 2 leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Wasteland 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
This Is the Police 2Wasteland 2
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 2
Wasteland 2 leans harder on execution: Turn-based tactical combat has no twitch component
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance5 vs 5
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 8
Wasteland 2 leans harder on optimization: Skill tag allocation and AP economy optimization define effective squads
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.