head to head
vs
Dead Rising 2vsMoonlighter
Dead Rising 2 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Moonlighter leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Dead Rising 2Moonlighter
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 4
Dead Rising 2 leans harder on execution: Crowd-clearing combat needs competence, not twitch mastery
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 4
Moonlighter leans harder on variance: Random dungeon layouts and loot rolls
Optimization7 vs 7
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.