head to head
vs
Dead Frontier 2vsMiddle-earth: Shadow of War
Dead Frontier 2 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Middle-earth: Shadow of War leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Dead Frontier 2Middle-earth: Shadow of War
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads2 vs 1
Dead Frontier 2 leans harder on reads: Zombies are scripted; player trading adds faint mind-games
Variance5 vs 4
Dead Frontier 2 leans harder on variance: Loot rolls and infected spawns gate every scavenging run
Optimization7 vs 7
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.