head to head
vs
Alice: Madness ReturnsvsHeavenly Sword
Alice: Madness Returns leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Heavenly Sword leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Alice: Madness ReturnsHeavenly Sword
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
Heavenly Sword leans harder on execution: Stance switching, counters, and combo timing
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
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.