head to head
vs
Nine SolsvsSuper Mario Galaxy 2
Nine Sols leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Mario Galaxy 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Nine SolsSuper Mario Galaxy 2
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 8
Nine Sols leans harder on execution: Sekiro-style parry timing is the entire combat test
Reads1 vs 0
Nine Sols leans harder on reads: Bosses follow learnable scripts
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.