head to head
vs
Grand Theft Auto 2vsMiddle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Grand Theft Auto 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Grand Theft Auto 2Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 4
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor leans harder on variance: Procedural captains with hidden strengths and weaknesses
Optimization5 vs 6
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor leans harder on optimization: Intel gathering and exploiting known weaknesses solves fights
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.