head to head
vs
Dark Messiah of Might and MagicvsSurgeon Simulator 2013
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Surgeon Simulator 2013 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Dark Messiah of Might and MagicSurgeon Simulator 2013
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Surgeon Simulator 2013 leans harder on variance: Floppy physics adds chaos but procedures themselves are fixed
Optimization5 vs 4
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic leans harder on optimization: kick-into-spikes environment setups are learnable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.