head to head
vs
Blood WestvsPayday 2
Blood West leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Payday 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Blood WestPayday 2
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 4
Payday 2 leans harder on variance: Random vault locations, guard patrols, and escrow rolls
Optimization7 vs 6
Blood West leans harder on optimization: Trait builds, economy and route planning decide survival
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.