head to head
vs
Condemned: Criminal OriginsvsPayday: The Heist
Condemned: Criminal Origins leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Payday: The Heist leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Condemned: Criminal OriginsPayday: The Heist
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
Payday: The Heist leans harder on execution: Holding off assault waves takes solid gunplay
Reads1 vs 0
Condemned: Criminal Origins leans harder on reads: Enemies ambush but follow simple scripts
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.