head to head
vs
Raiden IIvsSuper Mario Odyssey
Raiden II leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Mario Odyssey leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Raiden IISuper Mario Odyssey
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 8
Raiden II leans harder on execution: Dodging dense bullet patterns and precise aiming decides survival
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Raiden II leans harder on variance: Item and spawn timing minor and learnable
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.