head to head
vs
Castlevania: BloodlinesvsGod of War III
Castlevania: Bloodlines leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); God of War III leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Castlevania: BloodlinesGod of War III
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 1
God of War III leans harder on reads: Bosses fully scripted spectacle.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 4
Castlevania: Bloodlines leans harder on optimization: Character choice changes paths; patterns are learnable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.