head to head
vs
Hyper Light DriftervsSoldier of Fortune
Hyper Light Drifter leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Soldier of Fortune leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Hyper Light DrifterSoldier of Fortune
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads2 vs 2
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Soldier of Fortune leans harder on variance: Campaign layouts and spawns are fixed
Optimization5 vs 4
Hyper Light Drifter leans harder on optimization: Module loadouts and routing
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.