head to head
vs
Assassin's Creed IIvsJust Cause 3
Assassin's Creed II leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Just Cause 3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Assassin's Creed IIJust Cause 3
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 4
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Just Cause 3 leans harder on variance: Emergent physics chaos, no real hidden info
Optimization5 vs 4
Assassin's Creed II leans harder on optimization: Villa economy and route planning, lightly
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.