head to head
vs
BastionvsBoiling Point: Road to Hell
Bastion leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Boiling Point: Road to Hell leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
BastionBoiling Point: Road to Hell
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 3
Boiling Point: Road to Hell leans harder on variance: Open-world missions and faction states are unknown initially
Optimization6 vs 5
Bastion leans harder on optimization: Weapon and idol builds reward planning.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.