head to head
vs
Darksiders II: Deathinitive EditionvsDead Rising 2
Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Dead Rising 2 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Darksiders II: Deathinitive EditionDead Rising 2
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 3
Dead Rising 2 leans harder on variance: Survivor events are scripted-but-unknown on first runs
Optimization6 vs 7
Dead Rising 2 leans harder on optimization: The 72-hour clock makes scheduling and routing the real game
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.