head to head
vs
CabalvsTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project
Cabal leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
CabalTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Cabal leans harder on reads: enemies scripted, no real adaptation
Variance2 vs 1
Cabal leans harder on variance: enemy spawn randomness is modest
Optimization3 vs 3
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.