head to head
vs
Ninja Gaiden BlackvsStellar Blade
Ninja Gaiden Black leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Stellar Blade leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Ninja Gaiden BlackStellar Blade
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 8
Ninja Gaiden Black leans harder on execution: Master Ninja difficulty is an execution gauntlet
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 6
Ninja Gaiden Black leans harder on optimization: Mission-mode mastery rewards deep system knowledge
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.