head to head
vs
Metal Gear Solid 2: SubstancevsRonin
Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Ronin leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Metal Gear Solid 2: SubstanceRonin
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 3
Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance leans harder on execution: stealth timing and aim matter
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 7
Ronin leans harder on optimization: Each room is a solvable jump-order puzzle
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.