head to head
vs
Marvel's Spider-Man 2vsYakuza 2
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Yakuza 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Marvel's Spider-Man 2Yakuza 2
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
Yakuza 2 leans harder on variance: random encounters and minigame luck
Optimization5 vs 4
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 leans harder on optimization: Expanded skill trees and gadget combos 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.