head to head
vs
Kingdom Hearts IIvsThe Surge
Kingdom Hearts II leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); The Surge leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Kingdom Hearts IIThe Surge
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 7
The Surge leans harder on optimization: Rig power budgeting and learned movesets are solvable.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.