head to head
vs
Avatar: Frontiers of PandoravsFar Cry 3
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Far Cry 3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Avatar: Frontiers of PandoraFar Cry 3
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 5
Far Cry 3 leans harder on execution: Shooting and stealth fundamentals matter.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 4
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora leans harder on optimization: Cooking, gear, and traversal routes solvable.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.