head to head
vs
Devil May Cry 5: Special EditionvsSifu
Devil May Cry 5: Special Edition leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Sifu leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Devil May Cry 5: Special EditionSifu
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 9
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 1
Sifu leans harder on reads: Enemies attack from fixed movesets, never adapt
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 7
Sifu leans harder on optimization: Learning movesets, shortcuts and the aging economy is the meta
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.