head to head
vs
All Guns on DeckvsAssassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
All Guns on Deck leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
All Guns on DeckAssassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 4
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag leans harder on execution: Naval broadsides and boarding need modest timing
Reads2 vs 2
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 2
All Guns on Deck leans harder on variance: Battle outcomes have some rolled randomness
Optimization6 vs 6
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.