head to head
vs
Dead Rising 2: Case ZerovsShenmue
Dead Rising 2: Case Zero leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Shenmue leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Dead Rising 2: Case ZeroShenmue
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 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 5
Dead Rising 2: Case Zero leans harder on optimization: Routing the timed clock and combo weapons is the test
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.