head to head
vs
Castlevania: Lords of ShadowvsMarvel's Spider-Man 2
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Marvel's Spider-Man 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Castlevania: Lords of ShadowMarvel's Spider-Man 2
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 1
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 leans harder on reads: Enemies scripted, not modeling player.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 5
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow leans harder on optimization: Combo unlocks and learning fixed movesets
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.