head to head
vs
Batman: VengeancevsPrince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Batman: Vengeance leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Batman: VengeancePrince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Batman: Vengeance leans harder on reads: Thugs and bosses run fixed scripts, never adapt
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 6
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time leans harder on optimization: Route reading and dagger resource management solve each room
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.