head to head
vs
Desperados: Wanted Dead or AlivevsMetal Gear: Ghost Babel
Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Metal Gear: Ghost Babel leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Desperados: Wanted Dead or AliveMetal Gear: Ghost Babel
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 5
Metal Gear: Ghost Babel leans harder on execution: Tight Game Boy stealth with demanding boss execution.
Reads0 vs 1
Metal Gear: Ghost Babel leans harder on reads: Guards are deterministic patrol scripts.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization9 vs 9
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.