head to head
vs
Castlevania: Harmony of DissonancevsTiny Brains
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Tiny Brains leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Castlevania: Harmony of DissonanceTiny Brains
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 3
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance leans harder on execution: Fast dashes make combat forgiving.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 7
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.