head to head
vs
Atomic HeartvsPoison Control
Atomic Heart leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Poison Control leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Atomic HeartPoison Control
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
Poison Control leans harder on execution: Bullet-hell dodging and aiming precision
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Poison Control leans harder on variance: Some enemy spawn randomness
Optimization4 vs 4
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.