head to head
vs
CrossCodevsDragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
CrossCode leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
CrossCodeDragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
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.
Variance1 vs 2
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen leans harder on variance: Bitterblack loot rolls and night spawns add managed randomness
Optimization7 vs 7
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.