head to head
vs
Colin McRae: Dirt 2vsDouble Kick Heroes
Colin McRae: Dirt 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Double Kick Heroes leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Colin McRae: Dirt 2Double Kick Heroes
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 9
Double Kick Heroes leans harder on execution: Precise rhythm timing on the beat is the whole game
Reads0 vs 1
Double Kick Heroes leans harder on reads: Solo; enemy waves are scripted, not adaptive
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 4
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.