head to head
vs
Call of Juarez: GunslingervsGradius
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Gradius leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Call of Juarez: GunslingerGradius
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
Gradius leans harder on execution: Dodging bullet and wall gauntlets after punishing death-resets
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 6
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.