head to head
vs
Death Stranding: Director's CutvsGothic II
Death Stranding: Director's Cut leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Gothic II leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Death Stranding: Director's CutGothic II
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 4
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 3
Gothic II leans harder on variance: First-run surprises until the island is mapped
Optimization8 vs 8
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.