head to head
vs
Assassin's Creed III: LiberationvsTenchu Z
Assassin's Creed III: Liberation leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Tenchu Z leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Assassin's Creed III: LiberationTenchu Z
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 5
Tenchu Z leans harder on execution: Stealth-kill timing and movement control matter but forgive
Reads1 vs 0
Assassin's Creed III: Liberation leans harder on reads: Guards follow patrol scripts without adapting
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.