head to head
vs
Metal GearvsMetal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Metal Gear leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Metal GearMetal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 5
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain leans harder on execution: Stealth and shooting inputs both matter.
Reads0 vs 2
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain leans harder on reads: Guards adapt loadouts across missions, light modeling.
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 7
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.