head to head
vs
Castlevania: BloodlinesvsMidnight Fight Express
Castlevania: Bloodlines leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Midnight Fight Express leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Castlevania: BloodlinesMidnight Fight Express
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
Midnight Fight Express leans harder on execution: Crowd-control timing, counters and weapon juggling carry levels
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
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.