head to head
vs
Hi-Fi RushvsNinja Gaiden Sigma
Hi-Fi Rush leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Ninja Gaiden Sigma leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Hi-Fi RushNinja Gaiden Sigma
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 9
Ninja Gaiden Sigma leans harder on execution: Aggressive enemies punish any input slack; blocking and i-frames gate everything
Reads1 vs 0
Hi-Fi Rush leans harder on reads: Bosses are scripted, not adaptive.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.