head to head
vs
Dark Souls IIIvsSekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Dark Souls III leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Dark Souls IIISekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 9
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice leans harder on execution: Frame-perfect parries are the entire combat system.
Reads1 vs 2
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice leans harder on reads: Mikiri and perilous tells are scripted, not adaptive.
Variance1 vs 0
Dark Souls III leans harder on variance: fixed encounters converge after first sight
Optimization7 vs 7
Even - both lean on optimization about the same.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.