head to head
vs
Hyper Light DriftervsNinja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge
Hyper Light Drifter leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Hyper Light DrifterNinja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge leans harder on execution: Steel-on-bone counters still demand sharp hands
Reads2 vs 1
Hyper Light Drifter leans harder on reads: Scripted bosses with patterns
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 5
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.