head to head
vs
God of WarvsStellar Blade
God of War leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Stellar Blade leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
God of WarStellar Blade
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
Stellar Blade leans harder on execution: Parry and perfect-dodge timing windows define the ceiling
Reads0 vs 1
Stellar Blade leans harder on reads: Bosses run fixed movesets, learnable not adaptive
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.