head to head
vs
Mutant Year Zero: Road to EdenvsSubterrain
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Subterrain leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Mutant Year Zero: Road to EdenSubterrain
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 4
Subterrain leans harder on execution: Twin-stick shooting matters but isn't the lead
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance5 vs 5
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.