head to head
vs
BorderlandsvsShobon no Action
Borderlands leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Shobon no Action leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
BorderlandsShobon no Action
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 6
Shobon no Action leans harder on execution: Surviving the traps still demands tight platforming
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 5
Shobon no Action leans harder on variance: Hidden troll traps are unknowable until they kill you once
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.