head to head
vs
Far Cry InstinctsvsGrand Theft Auto V
Far Cry Instincts leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Grand Theft Auto V leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Far Cry InstinctsGrand Theft Auto V
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
Far Cry Instincts leans harder on execution: Console FPS gunplay and feral traversal set the ceiling
Reads3 vs 2
Far Cry Instincts leans harder on reads: 16-player multiplayer adds some human prediction
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 4
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.