head to head
vs
God of WarvsMortal Shell
God of War leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Mortal Shell leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
God of WarMortal Shell
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
Mortal Shell leans harder on execution: Hardened parry timing demands inputs
Reads0 vs 1
Mortal Shell leans harder on reads: Scripted bosses
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.