head to head
Criminal CasevsJust Cause 2
Criminal Case leans Execution (Twitch Chaos); Just Cause 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Criminal CaseJust Cause 2
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 4
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 2
Criminal Case leans harder on variance: Object placements are unknown per scene until memorised
Optimization3 vs 4
Just Cause 2 leans harder on optimization: Chaos-point economy and settlement completion routing
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

