head to head
vs
God of WarvsMr. Shifty
God of War leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Mr. Shifty leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
God of WarMr. Shifty
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
Mr. Shifty leans harder on execution: One-hit-death teleport brawling demands fast precise hands
Reads0 vs 0
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 leans harder on optimization: Learning movesets, upgrades, and puzzles is the other half
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.