head to head
vs
God of WarvsViewtiful Joe 2
God of War leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Viewtiful Joe 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
God of WarViewtiful Joe 2
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
Viewtiful Joe 2 leans harder on execution: Same demanding dodge-and-combo core, plus character swapping
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
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.