head to head
vs
Devil May Cry 3: Dante's AwakeningvsSilver Surfer
Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Silver Surfer leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Devil May Cry 3: Dante's AwakeningSilver Surfer
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 9
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 6
Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening leans harder on optimization: Style choice, weapon loadouts, and boss patterns reward labbing
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.