head to head
vs
Fighting ForcevsX-Blades
Fighting Force leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); X-Blades leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Fighting ForceX-Blades
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
X-Blades leans harder on execution: combo execution and dodge timing in combat
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
X-Blades leans harder on variance: enemy spawn randomness is modest
Optimization3 vs 3
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.