head to head
vs
Battle: Los AngelesvsShadow the Hedgehog
Battle: Los Angeles leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Shadow the Hedgehog leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Battle: Los AngelesShadow the Hedgehog
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
Battle: Los Angeles leans harder on execution: Corridor gunfights ask basic aim and little else
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization3 vs 4
Shadow the Hedgehog leans harder on optimization: Routing mission paths for endings and ranks is the meta
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.