head to head
vs
Dead Effect 2vsMetro 2033
Dead Effect 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Metro 2033 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Dead Effect 2Metro 2033
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
Dead Effect 2 leans harder on execution: FPS aiming against zombies is the core demand
Reads1 vs 0
Dead Effect 2 leans harder on reads: Zombie AI is scripted, not modeling you
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 5
Even - both lean on optimization about the same.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.