head to head
vs
NFL Fever 2004vsSplatoon 2
NFL Fever 2004 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Splatoon 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
NFL Fever 2004Splatoon 2
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
Splatoon 2 leans harder on execution: aim and movement decide ink battles
Reads5 vs 5
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 2
NFL Fever 2004 leans harder on variance: fumbles and injuries add randomness
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.