head to head
vs
Middle-earth: Shadow of MordorvsPhantasy Star Online Blue Burst
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Phantasy Star Online Blue Burst leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Middle-earth: Shadow of MordorPhantasy Star Online Blue Burst
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 4
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor leans harder on execution: Counter-timing combat and stealth execution
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 7
Phantasy Star Online Blue Burst leans harder on optimization: Builds, levelling routes and drop farming define progress
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.