head to head
vs
New World: AeternumvsSCUM
New World: Aeternum leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); SCUM leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
New World: AeternumSCUM
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 6
New World: Aeternum leans harder on execution: Active dodge-block-aim combat demands real twitch skill
Reads4 vs 5
SCUM leans harder on reads: Human players ambush and adapt across the island
Variance3 vs 5
SCUM leans harder on variance: Loot spawns and unseen players create constant unknowns
Optimization6 vs 6
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.