head to head
vs
Dead SpacevsResident Evil 5
Dead Space leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Resident Evil 5 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Dead SpaceResident Evil 5
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 1
Resident Evil 5 leans harder on reads: Co-op coordination, not adversarial prediction
Variance3 vs 2
Dead Space leans harder on variance: Ambush placements are scripted-but-unknown on a first run
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.