head to head
vs
God of War RagnarokvsSeverance: Blade of Darkness
God of War Ragnarok leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Severance: Blade of Darkness leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
God of War RagnarokSeverance: Blade of Darkness
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
Severance: Blade of Darkness leans harder on execution: Deliberate swings, dodges and combo inputs punish sloppy hands
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
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.