head to head
vs
Marvel's Spider-Man 2vsMuramasa: The Demon Blade
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Muramasa: The Demon Blade leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Marvel's Spider-Man 2Muramasa: The Demon Blade
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 leans harder on reads: Enemies scripted, not modeling player.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 6
Muramasa: The Demon Blade leans harder on optimization: Forging the 108-blade tree and matching swords to fights
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.