head to head
vs
Dark DevotionvsDemon's Souls
Dark Devotion leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Demon's Souls leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Dark DevotionDemon's Souls
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 2
Dark Devotion leans harder on variance: Blessings, curses and loot rolls vary each descent
Optimization6 vs 7
Demon's Souls leans harder on optimization: Builds, routes and learned movesets are fully solvable.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.