head to head
vs
Aliens: Colonial MarinesvsAtomic Heart
Aliens: Colonial Marines leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Atomic Heart leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Aliens: Colonial MarinesAtomic Heart
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 5
Atomic Heart leans harder on execution: Shooting and dodging carry the combat.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization3 vs 4
Atomic Heart leans harder on optimization: Upgrades and weapon crafting learnable.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.