head to head
vs
Dead Rising 3vsSouth Park: The Stick of Truth
Dead Rising 3 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); South Park: The Stick of Truth leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Dead Rising 3South Park: The Stick of Truth
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 3
Dead Rising 3 leans harder on execution: Crowd fighting takes modest aim and dodge timing
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
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.