head to head
vs
Metro ExodusvsPayday: The Heist
Metro Exodus leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Payday: The Heist leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Metro ExodusPayday: The Heist
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
Payday: The Heist leans harder on execution: Holding off assault waves takes solid gunplay
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 4
Payday: The Heist leans harder on variance: Drill failures and objective locations shuffle
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.