head to head
vs
Castlevania: Lords of ShadowvsZombies Ate My Neighbors
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Zombies Ate My Neighbors leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Castlevania: Lords of ShadowZombies Ate My Neighbors
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Zombies Ate My Neighbors leans harder on variance: Victim placement varies slightly per level
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.