head to head
vs
God of War RagnarokvsMagicka
God of War Ragnarok leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Magicka leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
God of War RagnarokMagicka
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Magicka leans harder on variance: Co-op friendly-fire chaos adds unpredictability
Optimization6 vs 7
Magicka leans harder on optimization: Discovering and exploiting spell combinations dominates
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.