head to head
vs
Hades IIvsMonster Hunter: World
Hades II leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Monster Hunter: World leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Hades IIMonster Hunter: World
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
Monster Hunter: World leans harder on execution: Deliberate weapon timing against huge movesets
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance5 vs 3
Hades II leans harder on variance: Boon offerings and room layouts randomized each run.
Optimization8 vs 8
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.