head to head
vs
Far Cry 4vsMetal Gear Solid 2: Substance
Far Cry 4 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Far Cry 4Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 4
Far Cry 4 leans harder on execution: Gunplay plus gyrocopter and elephant chaos
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Far Cry 4 leans harder on variance: Wildlife and patrol variation
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.