head to head
vs
DarksidersvsDragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
Darksiders leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
DarksidersDragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen leans harder on variance: Bitterblack loot rolls and night spawns add managed randomness
Optimization6 vs 7
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen leans harder on optimization: Vocation builds, augment stacking and monster weak-point knowledge dominate
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.