head to head
vs
BarrovsJust Cause 2
Barro leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Just Cause 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
BarroJust Cause 2
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 4
Barro leans harder on execution: Staying on looping tracks is the only real demand
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Just Cause 2 leans harder on variance: Sandbox chaos varies moment to moment
Optimization2 vs 4
Just Cause 2 leans harder on optimization: Chaos-point economy and settlement completion routing
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.