head to head
vs
Dead IslandvsStarship Troopers: Extermination
Dead Island leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Starship Troopers: Extermination leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Dead IslandStarship Troopers: Extermination
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
Starship Troopers: Extermination leans harder on execution: An aimbot against hundreds of bugs would carry every wave
Reads0 vs 1
Starship Troopers: Extermination leans harder on reads: Bug swarms are directed AI, not an adapting mind
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 6
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.