head to head
vs
Ninja Gaiden II BlackvsStellar Blade
Ninja Gaiden II Black leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Stellar Blade leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Ninja Gaiden II BlackStellar Blade
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 8
Ninja Gaiden II Black leans harder on execution: Frame-tight blocking, dodging and combo routing define survival
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.