head to head
vs
God of WarvsThe Surge
God of War leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); The Surge leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
God of WarThe Surge
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 1
The Surge leans harder on reads: No adaptive opposition; enemies run fixed scripts.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 7
The Surge leans harder on optimization: Rig power budgeting and learned movesets are solvable.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.