head to head
vs
Armored Core 4vsDark Souls III
Armored Core 4 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Dark Souls III leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Armored Core 4Dark Souls III
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
Dark Souls III leans harder on execution: fast roll timing against aggressive scripted bosses
Reads3 vs 1
Armored Core 4 leans harder on reads: Versus mode adds some human prediction; campaign AI is scripted
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization8 vs 7
Armored Core 4 leans harder on optimization: Garage tuning and part synergy decide fights before they start
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.