head to head
vs
Bot VicevsSonic Mania
Bot Vice leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Sonic Mania leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Bot ViceSonic Mania
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 7
Bot Vice leans harder on execution: Aiming and dodging dense bullet patterns drives every stage
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 2
Bot Vice leans harder on variance: Spawn timing adds bursts of chaos
Optimization5 vs 5
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.