head to head
vs
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2vsYs VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA leans harder on execution: Flash-guard timing and fast party-swap combos reward tight inputs
Reads2 vs 1
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 leans harder on reads: PvP Eternal War adds some human prediction
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.