head to head
vs
Payday 2vsPunishing: Gray Raven
Payday 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Punishing: Gray Raven leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Payday 2Punishing: Gray Raven
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
Punishing: Gray Raven leans harder on execution: Dodge timing and orb-ping combos demand fast hands
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 3
Payday 2 leans harder on variance: Random vault locations, guard patrols, and escrow rolls
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.