head to head
vs
Painkiller (2004)vsRaiden V
Painkiller (2004) leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Raiden V leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Painkiller (2004)Raiden V
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 9
Raiden V leans harder on execution: Dodging bullet patterns while shooting is the entire skill
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 5
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.