head to head
vs
Mutant Year Zero: Road to EdenvsState of Decay 2
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); State of Decay 2 leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Mutant Year Zero: Road to EdenState of Decay 2
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 7
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden leans harder on optimization: Stalker trait loadouts and pre-combat positioning are tight optimization puzzles
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.