head to head
vs
Diablo IVvsMutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
Diablo IV leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Diablo IVMutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 3
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 1
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden leans harder on reads: Enemies patrol fixed routes; no adaptive opponent modeling
Variance6 vs 5
Diablo IV leans harder on variance: Loot rolls, affixes, and uniques drive every session.
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.