head to head
vs
Alan Wake 2vsDead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball
Alan Wake 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Alan Wake 2Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 4
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 2
Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball leans harder on reads: Versus humans adds light shot prediction
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 3
Alan Wake 2 leans harder on optimization: Sparse upgrades; mostly narrative gating.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.