head to head
vs
Death to SpiesvsNo Man's Sky
Death to Spies leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); No Man's Sky leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Death to SpiesNo Man's Sky
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 3
Death to Spies leans harder on execution: Quiet movement and chokeholds need only modest precision
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.