head to head
vs
Borderlands: Game of the Year EnhancedvsDeus Ex: Human Revolution
Borderlands: Game of the Year Enhanced leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Deus Ex: Human Revolution leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Borderlands: Game of the Year EnhancedDeus Ex: Human Revolution
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
Borderlands: Game of the Year Enhanced leans harder on execution: FPS aim and movement in combat
Reads0 vs 1
Deus Ex: Human Revolution leans harder on reads: Guards use scripted alert states, not player-adaptive logic
Variance4 vs 2
Borderlands: Game of the Year Enhanced leans harder on variance: randomized loot drops drive the game
Optimization8 vs 8
Even - both lean on optimization about the same.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.