head to head
vs
Middle-earth: Shadow of MordorvsThe Legend of Zelda: Four Swords
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Middle-earth: Shadow of MordorThe Legend of Zelda: Four Swords
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 5
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor leans harder on optimization: Intel gathering and exploiting known weaknesses solves fights
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.