head to head
vs
BarbarianvsCrackdown
Barbarian leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Crackdown leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
BarbarianCrackdown
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
Barbarian leans harder on execution: Context-sensitive sword swings and jumps demand precise timing
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Barbarian leans harder on variance: Durgan's layout is unknown only until first explored
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.