head to head
vs
God of WarvsSplatterhouse 3
God of War leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Splatterhouse 3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
God of WarSplatterhouse 3
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 1
Splatterhouse 3 leans harder on reads: Enemies follow fixed attack scripts, nothing adapts
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.