head to head
vs
Devil May Cry 2vsYakuza Kiwami
Devil May Cry 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Yakuza Kiwami leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Devil May Cry 2Yakuza Kiwami
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 1
Yakuza Kiwami leans harder on reads: Majima ambushes are scripted, not adaptive.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 6
Yakuza Kiwami leans harder on optimization: Style upgrades, heat moves and gear are learnable systems.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.