head to head
vs
Batman: Arkham CityvsUrban Reign
Batman: Arkham City leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Urban Reign leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Batman: Arkham CityUrban Reign
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
Urban Reign leans harder on execution: Counters, grapples, and crowd management need sharp timing
Reads1 vs 2
Urban Reign leans harder on reads: Versus humans adds mixups; AI is mappable
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.