head to head
Code VeinvsGod of War
Code Vein leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); God of War leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Code VeinGod of War
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Code Vein leans harder on reads: Bosses are scripted patterns, never adaptive
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 6
Code Vein leans harder on optimization: Blood codes and gift builds reward theorycraft
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

