head to head
vs
Altered BeastvsKiller Is Dead
Altered Beast leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Killer Is Dead leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Altered BeastKiller Is Dead
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization3 vs 4
Killer Is Dead leans harder on optimization: Upgrade choices and boss pattern learning
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.