head to head
vs
Castle CrashersvsTERA
Castle Crashers leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); TERA leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Castle CrashersTERA
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 8
TERA leans harder on execution: Action combat with skill shots and iframe dodges is the core axis
Reads3 vs 3
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 3
TERA leans harder on variance: Gear enchanting RNG creates frustrating hidden-information variance
Optimization5 vs 6
TERA leans harder on optimization: Class rotations and gear progression paths are extensively community-solved
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.