head to head
vs
The Evil WithinvsZanac
The Evil Within leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Zanac leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
The Evil WithinZanac
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
Zanac leans harder on execution: Dense bullet weaving at relentless scroll speed
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 6
The Evil Within leans harder on optimization: Upgrade tree, bottle routing and enemy-avoid sequencing are deeply optimisable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.