head to head
vs
Hell is UsvsHorizon Forbidden West
Hell is Us leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Horizon Forbidden West leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Hell is UsHorizon Forbidden West
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
Hell is Us leans harder on execution: Melee timing against hollow creatures has real twitch demands
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 2
Hell is Us leans harder on variance: Unguided exploration keeps clues hidden until discovered
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.