head to head
vs
Alice: Madness ReturnsvsZone of the Enders
Alice: Madness Returns leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Zone of the Enders leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Alice: Madness ReturnsZone of the Enders
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
Zone of the Enders leans harder on execution: High-speed mech dashes, melee timing, lock-on juggling
Reads0 vs 1
Zone of the Enders leans harder on reads: Enemy AI is patterned, 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.