head to head
vs
Metal Gear Rising: RevengeancevsSerious Sam: The Second Encounter
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Serious Sam: The Second Encounter leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Metal Gear Rising: RevengeanceSerious Sam: The Second Encounter
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 7
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance leans harder on execution: parry timing and blade-mode cuts demand sharp reactions
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Serious Sam: The Second Encounter leans harder on variance: Wave compositions memorised after one run
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.