head to head
vs
Payday 2vsStarship Troopers: Extermination
Payday 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Starship Troopers: Extermination leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Payday 2Starship Troopers: Extermination
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 1
Starship Troopers: Extermination leans harder on reads: Bug swarms are directed AI, not an adapting mind
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.