head to head
vs
Starship Troopers: ExterminationvsThe Last of Us Part II
Starship Troopers: Extermination leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); The Last of Us Part II leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Starship Troopers: ExterminationThe Last of Us Part II
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 2
Starship Troopers: Extermination leans harder on variance: Swarm timing and breach points vary run to run
Optimization6 vs 5
Starship Troopers: Extermination leans harder on optimization: Base layout, class roles and objective routing decide survival
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.