head to head
vs
Final Fight 2vsKiller Is Dead
Final Fight 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Killer Is Dead leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Final Fight 2Killer Is Dead
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 6
Final Fight 2 leans harder on execution: beat-em-up combo and dodge timing
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization3 vs 4
Killer Is Dead leans harder on optimization: Upgrade choices and boss pattern learning
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.