head to head
vs
Alice: Madness ReturnsvsCastlevania: Lords of Shadow 2
Alice: Madness Returns leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Alice: Madness ReturnsCastlevania: Lords of Shadow 2
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 leans harder on execution: Whip combos and dodge timing carry combat encounters
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 6
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 leans harder on optimization: Void/Chaos resource juggling and mastery grind are mappable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.