head to head
vs
Marvel: Ultimate AlliancevsOf Orcs and Men
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Of Orcs and Men leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Marvel: Ultimate AllianceOf Orcs and Men
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 3
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance leans harder on execution: brawling and dodge timing are forgiving
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance leans harder on variance: some loot and unlock randomness
Optimization6 vs 6
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.