head to head
vs
Far Cry 4vsThe Suffering: Ties That Bind
Far Cry 4 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); The Suffering: Ties That Bind leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Far Cry 4The Suffering: Ties That Bind
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
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 3
The Suffering: Ties That Bind leans harder on variance: Unknown encounters and branching morality first time
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.