head to head
vs
Metal Gear Rising: RevengeancevsNinja Gaiden II
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Ninja Gaiden II leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Metal Gear Rising: RevengeanceNinja Gaiden II
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 9
Ninja Gaiden II leans harder on execution: Delimb-and-finish combat at overwhelming pace
Reads0 vs 1
Ninja Gaiden II leans harder on reads: Swarming enemies follow scripts
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.