head to head
vs
Astral AscentvsRogue Legacy
Astral Ascent leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Rogue Legacy leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Astral AscentRogue Legacy
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 5
Astral Ascent leans harder on execution: Fast platformer combat with demanding Zodiac boss patterns requires precision
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance5 vs 5
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 6
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.