head to head
vs
NHL HockeyvsWWE 2K15
NHL Hockey leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); WWE 2K15 leans Execution (Competitive PvP).
NHL HockeyWWE 2K15
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
NHL Hockey leans harder on execution: Skating angles, pass timing and shot placement decide goals
Reads3 vs 4
WWE 2K15 leans harder on reads: Human opponents bait reversals and vary move timing
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.