head to head
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom PainvsMount & Blade II: Bannerlord
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom PainMount & Blade II: Bannerlord
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads2 vs 2
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 8
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord leans harder on optimization: Economy, army composition, and kingdom management dominate
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

