head to head
vs
Mutant Year Zero: Road to EdenvsProject Zomboid
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Project Zomboid leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Mutant Year Zero: Road to EdenProject Zomboid
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 3
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden leans harder on reads: Enemies patrol fixed routes; no adaptive opponent modeling
Variance5 vs 5
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization8 vs 8
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.