head to head
vs
4Story OnlinevsARK: Survival Evolved
4Story Online leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); ARK: Survival Evolved leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
4Story OnlineARK: Survival Evolved
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 4
ARK: Survival Evolved leans harder on execution: Shooting and kiting matter in raids
Reads4 vs 4
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 4
ARK: Survival Evolved leans harder on variance: Taming rolls, spawns, and surprise raids
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.