head to head
vs
God of War IIvsMega Man 9
God of War II leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Mega Man 9 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
God of War IIMega Man 9
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
Mega Man 9 leans harder on execution: No slide, no charge; spike gauntlets punish everything
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
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.