head to head
vs
Dark DeceptionvsResident Evil Revelations 2
Dark Deception leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Resident Evil Revelations 2 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Dark DeceptionResident Evil Revelations 2
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
Dark Deception leans harder on execution: Sprinting maze corners ahead of pursuers needs clean movement
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 6
Resident Evil Revelations 2 leans harder on optimization: Resource routing, enemy spawn knowledge, episode mastery once mapped.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.