head to head
vs
Infestation: The New ZvsNew World: Aeternum
Infestation: The New Z leans Execution (Competitive PvP); New World: Aeternum leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Infestation: The New ZNew World: Aeternum
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads5 vs 4
Infestation: The New Z leans harder on reads: Human players ambush and bait - predicting them matters
Variance4 vs 3
Infestation: The New Z leans harder on variance: Loot spawns and who's nearby are hidden every session
Optimization4 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.