head to head
vs
Alice: Madness ReturnsvsMuramasa: The Demon Blade
Alice: Madness Returns leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Muramasa: The Demon Blade leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Alice: Madness ReturnsMuramasa: The Demon Blade
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
Muramasa: The Demon Blade leans harder on execution: Fast aerial slashing and blade-swap 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 6
Muramasa: The Demon Blade leans harder on optimization: Forging the 108-blade tree and matching swords to fights
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.