head to head
vs
Crysis 2vsEarth Defense Force
Crysis 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Earth Defense Force leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Crysis 2Earth Defense Force
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 3
Earth Defense Force leans harder on variance: Enemy spawn patterns add some unpredictability
Optimization5 vs 4
Crysis 2 leans harder on optimization: Suit energy management and choosing stealth-versus-armor approaches
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.