head to head
vs
BorderlandsvsState of Decay: Year-One Survival Edition
Borderlands leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); State of Decay: Year-One Survival Edition leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
BorderlandsState of Decay: Year-One Survival Edition
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 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 7
State of Decay: Year-One Survival Edition leans harder on optimization: Base building, resource flow and survivor management drive survival
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.