head to head
vs
Castle CrashersvsStar Control
Castle Crashers leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Star Control leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Castle CrashersStar Control
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads3 vs 4
Star Control leans harder on reads: Human melee opponents feint and adapt ship-to-ship
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 6
Star Control leans harder on optimization: Ship matchup knowledge and strategic map play are solvable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.