head to head
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Ninja Gaiden IIvsSifu
Ninja Gaiden II leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Sifu leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Ninja Gaiden IISifu
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 9
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 7
Sifu leans harder on optimization: Learning movesets, shortcuts and the aging economy is the meta
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.