head to head
vs
Daemon X MachinavsDark Souls III
Daemon X Machina leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Dark Souls III leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Daemon X MachinaDark Souls III
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
Dark Souls III leans harder on execution: fast roll timing against aggressive scripted bosses
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Daemon X Machina leans harder on variance: Loot drops add mild 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.