head to head
vs
Red Ball 4vsSayonara Wild Hearts
Red Ball 4 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Sayonara Wild Hearts leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Red Ball 4Sayonara Wild Hearts
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
Red Ball 4 leans harder on execution: Precise jumps and momentum control clear hazard levels
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization3 vs 3
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.