head to head
vs
Crisol: Theater of IdolsvsMiddle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Crisol: Theater of Idols leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Crisol: Theater of IdolsMiddle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
Crisol: Theater of Idols leans harder on execution: First-person aiming and blood-resource combat carry encounters
Reads0 vs 1
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor leans harder on reads: Nemesis orcs remember you but remain mappable scripts
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.