head to head
vs
Mega Man 2vsVolgarr the Viking
Mega Man 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Volgarr the Viking leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Mega Man 2Volgarr the Viking
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 9
Volgarr the Viking leans harder on execution: Unforgiving committed jumps and spear timing
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 6
Even - both lean on optimization about the same.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.