head to head
vs
NeversongvsUncharted: Drake's Fortune
Neversong leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Uncharted: Drake's Fortune leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
NeversongUncharted: Drake's Fortune
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 5
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune leans harder on execution: Cover gunfights and climbing timing
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Neversong leans harder on variance: Story beats are unknown on first pass only
Optimization4 vs 4
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.