head to head
vs
Dragon's Dogma 2vsGothic
Dragon's Dogma 2 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Gothic leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Dragon's Dogma 2Gothic
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 4
Dragon's Dogma 2 leans harder on execution: Physical combat and monster climbing demand handling
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 3
Gothic leans harder on variance: Unknown world dangers on first playthrough
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.