head to head
vs
Castle CrashersvsVigilante 8
Castle Crashers leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Vigilante 8 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Castle CrashersVigilante 8
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads3 vs 3
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 3
Vigilante 8 leans harder on variance: Pickup spawns and arena chaos inject noise
Optimization5 vs 4
Castle Crashers leans harder on optimization: Levelling investment, magic loadout, and pet choice are optimisable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.