head to head
vs
God of War (2005)vsRiver City Girls
God of War (2005) leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); River City Girls leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
God of War (2005)River City Girls
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 1
River City Girls leans harder on reads: Enemy patterns are fixed and learnable
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 5
God of War (2005) leans harder on optimization: Orb economy, magic priorities, and boss patterns are solvable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.