head to head
vs
Animal CompanyvsMario Kart 8
Animal Company leans Variance (Twitch Chaos); Mario Kart 8 leans Execution (Twitch Chaos).
Animal CompanyMario Kart 8
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 6
Mario Kart 8 leans harder on execution: precise drifting and item timing matter
Reads2 vs 1
Animal Company leans harder on reads: Monsters are scripted-random, not adaptive; teammates aren't adversaries
Variance6 vs 6
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 5
Mario Kart 8 leans harder on optimization: track lines and item strategy 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.