head to head
vs
Assassin's Creed III: LiberationvsDead Rising
Assassin's Creed III: Liberation leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Dead Rising leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Assassin's Creed III: LiberationDead Rising
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 4
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Assassin's Creed III: Liberation leans harder on reads: Guards follow patrol scripts without adapting
Variance2 vs 3
Dead Rising leans harder on variance: Survivor AI pathing and zombie crowds add run noise
Optimization6 vs 8
Dead Rising leans harder on optimization: 72-hour clock makes routing, scheduling, and PP farming the game
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.