head to head
vs
Cyberpunk 2077vsPayday 2: Crimewave Edition
Cyberpunk 2077 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Payday 2: Crimewave Edition leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Cyberpunk 2077Payday 2: Crimewave Edition
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
Payday 2: Crimewave Edition leans harder on execution: Aim and crowd control matter once a heist goes loud
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 3
Payday 2: Crimewave Edition leans harder on variance: Randomised guard routes and loot locations shuffle each heist
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.