head to head
vs
Shadow Warrior 2vsZiggurat 2
Shadow Warrior 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Ziggurat 2 leans Execution (Twitch Chaos).
Shadow Warrior 2Ziggurat 2
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 1
Ziggurat 2 leans harder on reads: Enemies are scripted, not adapting predictors
Variance5 vs 6
Ziggurat 2 leans harder on variance: Procedural rooms, perks and weapon drops drive runs
Optimization7 vs 5
Shadow Warrior 2 leans harder on optimization: Weapon modding and skill build optimisation form a deep solvable layer
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.