head to head
vs
Dying LightvsSeverance: Blade of Darkness
Dying Light leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Severance: Blade of Darkness leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Dying LightSeverance: Blade of Darkness
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
Severance: Blade of Darkness leans harder on execution: Deliberate swings, dodges and combo inputs punish sloppy hands
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Dying Light leans harder on variance: Night-hunter encounters bring randomness.
Optimization5 vs 5
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.