head to head
vs
19XX: The War Against DestinyvsMy Friend Pedro
19XX: The War Against Destiny leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); My Friend Pedro leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
19XX: The War Against DestinyMy Friend Pedro
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 7
19XX: The War Against Destiny leans harder on execution: Capcom bullet density plus lock-on bomb timing
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
19XX: The War Against Destiny leans harder on variance: Little hidden once stages are studied
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.