head to head
Dust: An Elysian TailvsDynasty Warriors 7
Dust: An Elysian Tail leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Dynasty Warriors 7 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Dust: An Elysian TailDynasty Warriors 7
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 4
Dust: An Elysian Tail leans harder on execution: Combo juggling with forgiving timing
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 6
Dynasty Warriors 7 leans harder on optimization: Weapon builds, leveling and map flow decide higher difficulties
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

