head to head
vs
Dragon Spirit: The New LegendvsQuake II
Dragon Spirit: The New Legend leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Quake II leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Dragon Spirit: The New LegendQuake II
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Dragon Spirit: The New Legend leans harder on reads: Enemies follow fixed patterns, not adaptive
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 5
Quake II leans harder on optimization: Ammo and health economy tightly constrains routing through every level
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.