head to head
vs
Battlefield: Bad CompanyvsLeft 4 Dead 2
Battlefield: Bad Company leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Left 4 Dead 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Battlefield: Bad CompanyLeft 4 Dead 2
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads4 vs 3
Battlefield: Bad Company leans harder on reads: Predicting human squad pushes on objectives
Variance3 vs 5
Left 4 Dead 2 leans harder on variance: AI Director randomizes spawns and items
Optimization5 vs 6
Left 4 Dead 2 leans harder on optimization: Route knowledge and weapon picks 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.