head to head
vs
DarksidersvsX-Men Origins: Wolverine
Darksiders leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); X-Men Origins: Wolverine leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
DarksidersX-Men Origins: Wolverine
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
Darksiders leans harder on execution: combo-driven combat with dodge timing
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 5
Darksiders leans harder on optimization: Zelda-style dungeons and upgrade routing
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.