head to head
DayZvsRing of Elysium
DayZ leans Variance (Grand Arena); Ring of Elysium leans Execution (Grand Arena).
DayZRing of Elysium
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 8
Ring of Elysium leans harder on execution: Gunfights are won by aim and movement first
Reads6 vs 6
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance7 vs 6
DayZ leans harder on variance: loot spawns and who you meet are unknowable
Optimization5 vs 4
DayZ leans harder on optimization: map knowledge and survival routines compound
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

