head to head
vs
Assassin's Creed: BloodlinesvsBatman: Arkham City
Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Batman: Arkham City leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Assassin's Creed: BloodlinesBatman: Arkham City
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 5
Batman: Arkham City leans harder on execution: Combo chains and counters need timing.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines leans harder on variance: Compact fixed maps leave few surprises
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.