head to head
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A Difficult Game About ClimbingvsMetal Slug
A Difficult Game About Climbing leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Metal Slug leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
A Difficult Game About ClimbingMetal Slug
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 8
A Difficult Game About Climbing leans harder on execution: Perfect mouse control of two hands IS the game
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 6
Metal Slug leans harder on optimization: One-credit clears come from memorising routes and spawn patterns
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.