head to head
vs
Marvel's Spider-Man 2vsVampire Killer
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Vampire Killer leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Marvel's Spider-Man 2Vampire Killer
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Vampire Killer leans harder on variance: Some randomized item drops and enemy placement.
Optimization5 vs 6
Vampire Killer leans harder on optimization: Route memorization and boss patterns are learnable and 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.