head to head
vs
Middle-earth: Shadow of MordorvsNova Drift
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Nova Drift leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Middle-earth: Shadow of MordorNova Drift
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor leans harder on reads: Nemesis orcs remember you but remain mappable scripts
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 7
Nova Drift leans harder on optimization: Deep mod-tree builds dominate outcomes
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.