head to head
vs
Dead Space 3vsPhantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis
Dead Space 3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Dead Space 3Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 4
Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis leans harder on variance: Augment fodder and multi-weapon RNG are core progression hooks
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.