head to head
vs
Ghoul PatrolvsHorizon Zero Dawn
Ghoul Patrol leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Horizon Zero Dawn leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Ghoul PatrolHorizon Zero Dawn
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
Ghoul Patrol leans harder on execution: Aiming and dodging enemies under ammo pressure
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 2
Ghoul Patrol leans harder on variance: Some spawn and item randomness
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.