head to head
vs
Dragon Quest Heroes IIvsGod of War (2005)
Dragon Quest Heroes II leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); God of War (2005) leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Dragon Quest Heroes IIGod of War (2005)
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
God of War (2005) leans harder on execution: Blade combos, parries, and QTEs reward clean inputs
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 6
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.