head to head
vs
Dragon's LairvsGod of War II
Dragon's Lair leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); God of War II leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Dragon's LairGod of War II
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
God of War II leans harder on execution: Faster combat and harder bosses demand sharper hands
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization8 vs 6
Dragon's Lair leans harder on optimization: The entire game is one memorisable input sequence
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.