head to head
vs
Dead Island Retro RevengevsGod of War
Dead Island Retro Revenge leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); God of War leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Dead Island Retro RevengeGod of War
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Dead Island Retro Revenge leans harder on variance: Spawn sequences surprise only until memorised
Optimization5 vs 6
God of War leans harder on optimization: Learning movesets, upgrades, and puzzles is the other half
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.