head to head
Daemon X Machina asks more than Red Dead Redemption 2, and the gap is optimization.

Execution · Practiced Mastery
Anime-styled mech action game built around looting and outfitting your Arsenal.

Execution · Practiced Mastery
A cinematic open-world western leaning on shooting feel and atmosphere.
Daemon X Machina leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Red Dead Redemption 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Daemon X Machina leans clearly harder on execution.
Daemon X Machina
Aerial mech combat rewards aim and boost management
Red Dead Redemption 2
Gunplay and Dead Eye reward aim and timing.
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Daemon X Machina
Scripted AI Arsenals; light PvP mode
Red Dead Redemption 2
Enemies use scripted AI patterns, not adaptation.
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Daemon X Machina
Loot drops add mild randomness
Red Dead Redemption 2
Some hunting and weather randomness, lightly hidden.
Daemon X Machina leans clearly harder on optimization.
Daemon X Machina
Arsenal outfitting and body modification drive power
Red Dead Redemption 2
Loadouts and routes solvable but loose.
A matching score does not mean a matching test. Two games can both sit at 10 on execution and demand completely different things of you - which is why the reasoning above matters more than the number beside it.