head to head
vs
Dead Rising 2vsRisen
Dead Rising 2 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Risen leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Dead Rising 2Risen
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 1
Risen leans harder on reads: Enemy AI follows fixed attack patterns
Variance3 vs 2
Dead Rising 2 leans harder on variance: Survivor events are scripted-but-unknown on first runs
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.