head to head
vs
How to Survive 2vsSouth Park: The Stick of Truth
How to Survive 2 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); South Park: The Stick of Truth leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
How to Survive 2South Park: The Stick of Truth
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 3
How to Survive 2 leans harder on execution: Kiting zombie packs needs only moderate aim and spacing
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 2
How to Survive 2 leans harder on variance: Loot drops and mission spawns shuffle each run
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.