head to head
vs
Blasphemous 2vsNinja Gaiden Black
Blasphemous 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Ninja Gaiden Black leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Blasphemous 2Ninja Gaiden Black
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 9
Ninja Gaiden Black leans harder on execution: Master Ninja difficulty is an execution gauntlet
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 7
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.