head to head
vs
DmC: Devil May CryvsSplatterhouse 3
DmC: Devil May Cry leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Splatterhouse 3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
DmC: Devil May CrySplatterhouse 3
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 1
Splatterhouse 3 leans harder on reads: Enemies follow fixed attack scripts, nothing adapts
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 5
DmC: Devil May Cry leans harder on optimization: Color-coding turns encounters into solvable matching puzzles
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.