head to head
Metal Gear Rising: RevengeancevsNinja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Metal Gear Rising: RevengeanceNinja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 1
Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge leans harder on reads: Scripted enemy waves
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 5
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance leans harder on optimization: learning movesets and upgrade priorities
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

