head to head
vs
Earth Defense Force 6vsFar Cry 4
Earth Defense Force 6 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Far Cry 4 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Earth Defense Force 6Far Cry 4
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
Far Cry 4 leans harder on execution: Gunplay plus gyrocopter and elephant chaos
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 2
Earth Defense Force 6 leans harder on variance: RNG weapon drops and armor farming
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.