head to head
vs
City of BrassvsRogue Legacy
City of Brass leans Execution (Twitch Chaos); Rogue Legacy leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
City of BrassRogue Legacy
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
City of Brass leans harder on execution: Whip-and-sword timing against traps demands reflexes
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance5 vs 5
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 6
Rogue Legacy leans harder on optimization: Gold investment and class unlocking form a steady meta-progression layer
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.