head to head
vs
Alien ShootervsAtomic Heart
Alien Shooter leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Atomic Heart leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Alien ShooterAtomic Heart
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
Alien Shooter leans harder on execution: Kiting and mowing dense alien hordes is constant twitch work
Reads0 vs 1
Atomic Heart leans harder on reads: Robot enemies follow scripted patterns.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 4
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.