head to head
vs
Far Cry 2vsJohn Carpenter's Toxic Commando
Far Cry 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); John Carpenter's Toxic Commando leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Far Cry 2John Carpenter's Toxic Commando
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 1
John Carpenter's Toxic Commando leans harder on reads: Zombie hordes are scripted swarms, not adaptive
Variance3 vs 4
John Carpenter's Toxic Commando leans harder on variance: Randomized spawns and loot create chaos
Optimization5 vs 5
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.