head to head
vs
Dragon Ball: Xenoverse 2vsNHL 2004
Dragon Ball: Xenoverse 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); NHL 2004 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Dragon Ball: Xenoverse 2NHL 2004
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
NHL 2004 leans harder on execution: Shot timing and dekes demand controller skill
Reads4 vs 4
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 5
Even - both lean on optimization about the same.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.