head to head
vs
Bunch of HeroesvsGolden Axe
Bunch of Heroes leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Golden Axe leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Bunch of HeroesGolden Axe
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 2
Bunch of Heroes leans harder on variance: Enemy spawns and waves add some randomness
Optimization4 vs 5
Golden Axe leans harder on optimization: Wave patterns and magic usage are fully learnable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.