head to head
vs
Batman: VengeancevsShovel Knight
Batman: Vengeance leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Shovel Knight leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Batman: VengeanceShovel Knight
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
Shovel Knight leans harder on execution: Pogo combat and platforming 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: Vengeance leans harder on optimization: Learning level layouts and boss patterns solves the game
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.