head to head
vs
God of WarvsThe Last of Us Part II
God of War leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); The Last of Us Part II leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
God of WarThe Last of Us Part II
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 6
God of War leans harder on execution: Combo timing, dodges, and QTEs set the bar
Reads0 vs 1
The Last of Us Part II leans harder on reads: Smarter AI still runs mappable search scripts
Variance1 vs 2
The Last of Us Part II leans harder on variance: First-encounter unknowns only
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.