head to head
vs
Dead FrontiervsMiddle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Dead Frontier leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Dead FrontierMiddle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 5
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor leans harder on execution: Counter-timing combat and stealth execution
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
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.