head to head
vs
Castle CrashersvsHoard
Castle Crashers leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Hoard leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Castle CrashersHoard
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
Castle Crashers leans harder on execution: Combo execution and crowd-control timing are the performance ceiling
Reads3 vs 3
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 6
Hoard leans harder on optimization: Burn-collect-upgrade route efficiency decides the score
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.