head to head
vs
Generation ZerovsPayday 2
Generation Zero leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Payday 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Generation ZeroPayday 2
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
Payday 2 leans harder on execution: Sustained gunfights and stealth execution under pressure
Reads1 vs 0
Generation Zero leans harder on reads: Machines follow sensor-driven routines, not adaptive modelling
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 6
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.