head to head
vs
Starship Troopers: ExterminationvsWatch Dogs
Starship Troopers: Extermination leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Watch Dogs leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Starship Troopers: ExterminationWatch Dogs
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
Starship Troopers: Extermination leans harder on execution: An aimbot against hundreds of bugs would carry every wave
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 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.