head to head
vs
Dynasty Warriors 2vsMad Max
Dynasty Warriors 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Mad Max leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Dynasty Warriors 2Mad Max
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 4
Dynasty Warriors 2 leans harder on execution: Crowd-clearing combos need stamina more than precision
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.