head to head
vs
Dark DeceptionvsFar Cry 2
Dark Deception leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Far Cry 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Dark DeceptionFar Cry 2
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Dark Deception leans harder on reads: Monster AI chases by rule, not by modelling you
Variance4 vs 3
Dark Deception leans harder on variance: Pursuer positions create unknown moment-to-moment danger
Optimization5 vs 5
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.