head to head
vs
Baldur's Gate: Dark AlliancevsDarksiders II
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Darksiders II leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Baldur's Gate: Dark AllianceDarksiders II
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance leans harder on reads: All dungeon enemies run scripted patrol and charge routines
Variance3 vs 2
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance leans harder on variance: Random item drops add light hidden-information variance to each 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.