head to head
vs
Aliens: Fireteam ElitevsDarksiders
Aliens: Fireteam Elite leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Darksiders leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Aliens: Fireteam EliteDarksiders
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Aliens: Fireteam Elite leans harder on variance: Spawn mixes vary mildly between runs
Optimization5 vs 6
Darksiders leans harder on optimization: Zelda-style dungeons and upgrade routing
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.