head to head
vs
Helldivers 2vsMetal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Helldivers 2 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Helldivers 2Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
Helldivers 2 leans harder on execution: Recoil, stratagem inputs, friendly-fire aim
Reads2 vs 2
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance6 vs 3
Helldivers 2 leans harder on variance: Patrol spawns and modifiers shake missions
Optimization7 vs 7
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.