head to head
vs
Skate 2vsTony Hawk's Pro Skater
Skate 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Tony Hawk's Pro Skater leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Skate 2Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 0
Skate 2 leans harder on variance: Static city, deterministic physics
Optimization4 vs 6
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater leans harder on optimization: Score lines and goal routing are solvable per level
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.