head to head
vs
Blasphemous 2vsNinja Gaiden II
Blasphemous 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Ninja Gaiden II leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Blasphemous 2Ninja Gaiden II
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 9
Ninja Gaiden II leans harder on execution: Delimb-and-finish combat at overwhelming pace
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 6
Blasphemous 2 leans harder on optimization: Weapon choice, altarpiece builds, and routing
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.