head to head
vs
Devil May Cry 5vsNeon White
Devil May Cry 5 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Neon White leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Devil May Cry 5Neon White
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 10
Neon White leans harder on execution: Card-discarding movement tech is the entire game at maximum precision
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 5 leans harder on optimization: Loadouts, breakers, and enemy-specific tech reward deep study
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.