head to head
vs
Payday 2vsRogue Legacy 2
Payday 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Rogue Legacy 2 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Payday 2Rogue Legacy 2
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 5
Rogue Legacy 2 leans harder on variance: Class randomisation and relic pools create divergent runs
Optimization6 vs 7
Rogue Legacy 2 leans harder on optimization: Heirloom upgrades and class mastery form a deep meta-progression system
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.