head to head
vs
20XXvsRisk of Rain
20XX leans Execution (Twitch Chaos); Risk of Rain leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
20XXRisk of Rain
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 6
20XX leans harder on execution: Mega Man-style jumping and shooting under pressure
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance6 vs 6
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 7
Risk of Rain leans harder on optimization: Item stacking and time-pressure routing is solvable.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.