head to head
vs
Hellblade: Senua's SacrificevsRetrowave
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Retrowave leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Hellblade: Senua's SacrificeRetrowave
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Retrowave leans harder on variance: Traffic patterns vary run to run
Optimization3 vs 2
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice leans harder on optimization: Few build systems.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.