head to head
vs
SteepvsTony Hawk's American Sk8land
Steep leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Tony Hawk's American Sk8land leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
SteepTony Hawk's American Sk8land
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
Tony Hawk's American Sk8land leans harder on execution: Combo string inputs and balance meters are pure dexterity
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 0
Steep leans harder on variance: Fixed terrain, deterministic physics
Optimization4 vs 6
Tony Hawk's American Sk8land leans harder on optimization: Line routing for maximum multipliers rewards planning
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.