head to head
vs
Freedom FightersvsFreeSpace 2
Freedom Fighters leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); FreeSpace 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Freedom FightersFreeSpace 2
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
FreeSpace 2 leans harder on execution: Energy management and joystick dogfighting under pressure
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.