head to head
vs
God of WarvsX-Morph: Defense
God of War leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); X-Morph: Defense leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
God of WarX-Morph: Defense
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 6
God of War leans harder on execution: Combo timing, dodges, and QTEs set the bar
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 7
X-Morph: Defense leans harder on optimization: Tower placement and maze routing decide whether waves break
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.