head to head
vs
DeadlinevsThis Is the Police
Deadline leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); This Is the Police leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
DeadlineThis Is the Police
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 1
This Is the Police leans harder on execution: Menu-driven dispatching, no dexterity
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance5 vs 4
Deadline leans harder on variance: Hidden motives and unseen NPC schedules until mapped
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.