head to head
vs
DREDGEvsParty Hard 2
DREDGE leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Party Hard 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
DREDGEParty Hard 2
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 3
Party Hard 2 leans harder on execution: Timing kills matters, but pace is deliberate
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 7
Party Hard 2 leans harder on optimization: Sequencing kills, traps and escapes is the actual puzzle
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.