head to head
vs
Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of RuinvsWasteland 2
Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Wasteland 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of RuinWasteland 2
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 2
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads2 vs 1
Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin leans harder on reads: Head-to-head type prediction adds marginal reads against scripted AI
Variance6 vs 5
Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin leans harder on variance: Egg gene pools and Monstie attack type draws carry heavy RNG
Optimization8 vs 8
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.