head to head
vs
Dragon's CrownvsPayday 2
Dragon's Crown leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Payday 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Dragon's CrownPayday 2
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
Payday 2 leans harder on execution: Sustained gunfights and stealth execution under pressure
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 6
Dragon's Crown leans harder on optimization: Build crafting, gear scoring and route knowledge drive endgame progress
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.