head to head
vs
Assassin's Creed IV: Black FlagvsCastleStorm
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); CastleStorm leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Assassin's Creed IV: Black FlagCastleStorm
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 5
CastleStorm leans harder on execution: Ballista aiming under physics needs a steady hand
Reads2 vs 3
CastleStorm leans harder on reads: Multiplayer castle duels reward predicting human pushes
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.