head to head
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.

Execution · Practiced Mastery
Compile's mecha vertical shmup for the Genesis, famed for speed and configurable option pods.

Execution · Practiced Mastery
High-speed cyborg slasher built on precise parries and slicing anything in half.
M.U.S.H.A. leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
M.U.S.H.A.
Fast vertical dodging through dense fire tests the hands.
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
parry timing and blade-mode cuts demand sharp reactions
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
M.U.S.H.A.
Enemies follow fixed choreography.
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
bosses telegraph fixed patterns
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
M.U.S.H.A.
Stages are fixed and memorisable.
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
deterministic encounters
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
M.U.S.H.A.
Option formations and weapon choice reward system mastery.
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
learning movesets and upgrade priorities
A matching score does not mean a matching test. Two games can both sit at 10 on execution and demand completely different things of you - which is why the reasoning above matters more than the number beside it.