head to head
vs
Serious Sam: Next EncountervsSoldier of Fortune
Serious Sam: Next Encounter leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Soldier of Fortune leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Serious Sam: Next EncounterSoldier of Fortune
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads2 vs 2
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Soldier of Fortune leans harder on variance: Campaign layouts and spawns are fixed
Optimization4 vs 4
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.