head to head
vs
Baldur's Gate: Dark AlliancevsPayday 2
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Payday 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Baldur's Gate: Dark AlliancePayday 2
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 4
Payday 2 leans harder on variance: Random vault locations, guard patrols, and escrow rolls
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.