head to head
vs
Dead Rising 2: Case ZerovsFable III
Dead Rising 2: Case Zero leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Fable III leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Dead Rising 2: Case ZeroFable III
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 3
Dead Rising 2: Case Zero leans harder on execution: Crowd-clearing combat is forgiving; timing pressure is real
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Dead Rising 2: Case Zero leans harder on variance: Item and survivor locations are unknown on first run
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.