head to head
vs
Battlefield 4vsNuclear Dawn
Battlefield 4 leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Nuclear Dawn leans Execution (Grand Arena).
Battlefield 4Nuclear Dawn
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads5 vs 6
Nuclear Dawn leans harder on reads: Commanders and squads outguess human opponents' pushes constantly
Variance3 vs 2
Battlefield 4 leans harder on variance: Map-altering events and spawns inject noise
Optimization5 vs 7
Nuclear Dawn leans harder on optimization: Base layout, resource flow and tech timing reward the better plan
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.