head to head
vs
Batman: Arkham CityvsRyse: Son of Rome
Batman: Arkham City leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Ryse: Son of Rome leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Batman: Arkham CityRyse: Son of Rome
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 4
Batman: Arkham City leans harder on execution: Combo chains and counters need timing.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 4
Batman: Arkham City leans harder on optimization: Gadget combos and challenge maps learnable.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.