head to head
vs
Earth Defense Force 5vsGrand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Earth Defense Force 5 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Earth Defense Force 5Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 4
Earth Defense Force 5 leans harder on execution: Kiting swarms and class movement tech
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 2
Earth Defense Force 5 leans harder on variance: Random weapon drops define your arsenal
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.