head to head
vs
Earth Defense Force 6vsGrand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Earth Defense Force 6 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Earth Defense Force 6Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 4
Earth Defense Force 6 leans harder on execution: Swarm kiting and aim across four classes
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.