head to head
vs
BelowvsRisk of Rain
Below leans Variance (Systems & Chaos); Risk of Rain leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
BelowRisk of Rain
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
Risk of Rain leans harder on execution: Dodging projectiles and platforming under scaling pressure.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance6 vs 6
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 7
Risk of Rain leans harder on optimization: Item stacking and time-pressure routing is 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.