head to head
vs
BorderlandsvsDungeon Siege III
Borderlands leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Dungeon Siege III leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
BorderlandsDungeon Siege III
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 4
Borderlands leans harder on execution: Standard FPS aim; numbers matter more than precision
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 3
Borderlands leans harder on variance: Procedural loot drops gate your power
Optimization6 vs 6
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.