head to head
vs
Boyfriend DungeonvsMetro Exodus
Boyfriend Dungeon leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Metro Exodus leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Boyfriend DungeonMetro Exodus
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 5
Metro Exodus leans harder on execution: open-zone gunplay and stealth takedowns
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 3
Boyfriend Dungeon leans harder on variance: Procedural dungeon layouts and drops are hidden until run
Optimization5 vs 5
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.