head to head
vs
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of LibertyvsStarship Troopers: Extermination
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Starship Troopers: Extermination leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of LibertyStarship Troopers: Extermination
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 3
Starship Troopers: Extermination leans harder on variance: Swarm timing and breach points vary run to run
Optimization7 vs 6
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty leans harder on optimization: Chokepoint memorisation and radar manipulation are learnable and repeatable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.