head to head
vs
NHL 2005vsStar Wars: Battlefront II
NHL 2005 leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Star Wars: Battlefront II leans Execution (Competitive PvP).
NHL 2005Star Wars: Battlefront II
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads5 vs 4
NHL 2005 leans harder on reads: Versus humans, baiting defenders and goalies is constant
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 4
NHL 2005 leans harder on optimization: Line matching and proven scoring plays are learnable systems
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.