head to head
vs
God of War RagnarokvsHeavenly Sword
God of War Ragnarok leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Heavenly Sword leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
God of War RagnarokHeavenly Sword
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
God of War Ragnarok leans harder on reads: Bosses use fixed movesets
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 5
God of War Ragnarok leans harder on optimization: Build choices and moveset mastery solve bosses
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.