head to head
vs
Assassin's Creed IIvsDead Space: Ignition
Assassin's Creed II leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Dead Space: Ignition leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Assassin's Creed IIDead Space: Ignition
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 4
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Dead Space: Ignition leans harder on variance: Branching comic paths hide little information
Optimization5 vs 4
Assassin's Creed II leans harder on optimization: Villa economy and route planning, lightly
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.