head to head
vs
BioShockvsDead Rising 4
BioShock leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Dead Rising 4 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
BioShockDead Rising 4
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
BioShock leans harder on reads: Splicers scripted; behaviors fixed.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 6
Dead Rising 4 leans harder on optimization: weapon crafting and time-based objective routing
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.