head to head
vs
Earth Defense Force 2017vsGrand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Earth Defense Force 2017 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Earth Defense Force 2017Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 4
Earth Defense Force 2017 leans harder on execution: Dodging swarms and aiming under chaos
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
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.