head to head
vs
Middle-earth: Shadow of MordorvsUnrailed!
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Unrailed! leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Middle-earth: Shadow of MordorUnrailed!
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 5
Unrailed! leans harder on variance: Procedural terrain forces on-the-fly replanning
Optimization6 vs 7
Unrailed! leans harder on optimization: Track routing, role division, and upgrade economy dominate
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.