head to head
vs
Infestation: The New BeginningvsNew World: Aeternum
Infestation: The New Beginning leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); New World: Aeternum leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Infestation: The New BeginningNew World: Aeternum
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
New World: Aeternum leans harder on execution: Active dodge-block-aim combat demands real twitch skill
Reads4 vs 4
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 3
Infestation: The New Beginning leans harder on variance: loot spawns and zombie randomness
Optimization5 vs 6
New World: Aeternum leans harder on optimization: Weapon mastery and territory control strategies are systematically solvable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.