head to head
vs
Darksiders IIvsThe Guardian Legend
Darksiders II leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); The Guardian Legend leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Darksiders IIThe Guardian Legend
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
The Guardian Legend leans harder on execution: Bullet-dodging shmup corridors and boss patterns
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 5
Darksiders II leans harder on optimization: skill trees and dungeon puzzles reward planning
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.