head to head
vs
Duet Night AbyssvsGothic
Duet Night Abyss leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Gothic leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Duet Night AbyssGothic
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 4
Duet Night Abyss leans harder on execution: Real-time weapon-swap combat asks for moderate dexterity
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 7
Gothic leans harder on optimization: Faction routes, skill investment, and world knowledge
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.