head to head
vs
Drakengard 2vsSouth Park: The Stick of Truth
Drakengard 2 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); South Park: The Stick of Truth leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Drakengard 2South Park: The Stick of Truth
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 3
Drakengard 2 leans harder on execution: hack-and-slash combat with dragon flight sections
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 6
South Park: The Stick of Truth leans harder on optimization: Build, gear and ability choices comfortably solve every fight
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.