head to head
vs
Horizon Zero DawnvsMercenaries: Playground of Destruction
Horizon Zero Dawn leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Horizon Zero DawnMercenaries: Playground of Destruction
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.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 6
Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction leans harder on optimization: Faction reputation economy and bounty-card hunting reward planning
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.