head to head
vs
Ace Combat 7: Skies UnknownvsBudokan: The Martial Spirit
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Budokan: The Martial Spirit leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Ace Combat 7: Skies UnknownBudokan: The Martial Spirit
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads2 vs 3
Budokan: The Martial Spirit leans harder on reads: Two-player duels reward predicting a human's habits
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 4
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown leans harder on optimization: Aircraft tree and loadout routing matter
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.