head to head
vs
God of War: AscensionvsYakuza Kiwami
God of War: Ascension leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Yakuza Kiwami leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
God of War: AscensionYakuza Kiwami
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
God of War: Ascension leans harder on execution: Tether grabs and elemental blade swaps reward dexterity
Reads2 vs 1
God of War: Ascension leans harder on reads: Multiplayer arenas add real human opposition, lightly populated
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 6
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.