head to head
vs
God of War RagnarokvsYakuza 4
God of War Ragnarok leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Yakuza 4 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
God of War RagnarokYakuza 4
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
God of War Ragnarok leans harder on execution: Parry timing and combo execution in combat
Reads1 vs 1
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.