head to head
vs
City of BrassvsPayday 2
City of Brass leans Execution (Twitch Chaos); Payday 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
City of BrassPayday 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.
Variance5 vs 4
City of Brass leans harder on variance: Procedural streets, relics, and genie wares vary runs
Optimization5 vs 6
Payday 2 leans harder on optimization: Skill builds and stealth route planning per heist
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.