head to head
Age of Darkness: Final StandvsResident Evil 2
Age of Darkness: Final Stand leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Resident Evil 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Age of Darkness: Final StandResident Evil 2
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 4
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Age of Darkness: Final Stand leans harder on reads: Nightmare hordes pathe predictably; no adaptive adversary
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization8 vs 8
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.

