head to head
vs
Hellgate: LondonvsStarbound
Hellgate: London leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Starbound leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Hellgate: LondonStarbound
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 3
Hellgate: London leans harder on execution: Hybrid FPS aiming with forgiving ARPG math
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance5 vs 4
Hellgate: London leans harder on variance: Random loot and procedural level chunks
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.