head to head
vs
Black MesavsShinobido: Way of the Ninja
Black Mesa leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Shinobido: Way of the Ninja leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Black MesaShinobido: Way of the Ninja
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 3
Shinobido: Way of the Ninja leans harder on variance: Randomized mission layouts add scouting uncertainty
Optimization6 vs 7
Shinobido: Way of the Ninja leans harder on optimization: Alchemy, faction balance and routing are optimizable systems
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.