head to head
vs
Nier: AutomatavsNinja Gaiden II
Nier: Automata leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Ninja Gaiden II leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Nier: AutomataNinja Gaiden II
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 9
Ninja Gaiden II leans harder on execution: Delimb-and-finish combat at overwhelming pace
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Nier: Automata leans harder on variance: Loot drops and chip rolls add minor randomness to builds
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.