head to head
vs
Brothers in Arms: Earned in BloodvsSWAT 4
Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); SWAT 4 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Brothers in Arms: Earned in BloodSWAT 4
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 6
Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood leans harder on optimization: Suppress-then-flank squad puzzles are the entire core loop
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.