head to head
vs
Patapon 2vsRuiner
Patapon 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Ruiner leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Patapon 2Ruiner
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 7
Patapon 2 leans harder on execution: rhythm-timing input drives all actions
Reads0 vs 1
Ruiner leans harder on reads: Enemy waves are fixed patterns.
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.