head to head
vs
Hyper Light DriftervsSpider-Man 2
Hyper Light Drifter leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Spider-Man 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Hyper Light DrifterSpider-Man 2
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 6
Hyper Light Drifter leans harder on execution: Quick dash-slash combat with tight windows
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.