head to head
vs
BorderlandsvsWeird West
Borderlands leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Weird West leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
BorderlandsWeird West
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 1
Weird West leans harder on reads: Outlaws act on scripted aggro logic, not player-specific profiling
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 7
Weird West leans harder on optimization: Journey ability stacking and companion builds are deeply optimisable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.