head to head
vs
Ninja Gaiden 4vsStellar Blade
Ninja Gaiden 4 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Stellar Blade leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Ninja Gaiden 4Stellar Blade
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 8
Ninja Gaiden 4 leans harder on execution: Frame-tight dodges, parries and combo execution dominate every fight
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
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.