head to head
vs
Darksiders IIvsDead Rising 2: Off the Record
Darksiders II leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Dead Rising 2: Off the Record leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Darksiders IIDead Rising 2: Off the Record
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
Darksiders II leans harder on execution: faster combo combat as Death
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 7
Dead Rising 2: Off the Record leans harder on optimization: Combo weapons, timer routing and scheduling dominate success
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.