head to head
vs
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom PainvsRunning With Rifles
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Running With Rifles leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom PainRunning With Rifles
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
Running With Rifles leans harder on execution: Top-down aim and cover movement decide individual firefights
Reads2 vs 3
Running With Rifles leans harder on reads: Mostly AI hordes; human servers add mild prediction
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 5
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain leans harder on optimization: Mother Base, loadouts, fulton economy deeply 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.