head to head
vs
Hellblade: Senua's SacrificevsOctodad
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Octodad leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Hellblade: Senua's SacrificeOctodad
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
Octodad leans harder on execution: Wrangling deliberately unwieldy tentacle controls IS the game
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Octodad leans harder on variance: Physics wobble makes every attempt slightly different
Optimization3 vs 3
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.