head to head
vs
Alice: Madness ReturnsvsBatman: Arkham City
Alice: Madness Returns leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Batman: Arkham City leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Alice: Madness ReturnsBatman: Arkham City
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 1
Batman: Arkham City leans harder on reads: Enemies scripted, not adaptive.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 5
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.