head to head
vs
Comix ZonevsCygni: All Guns Blazing
Comix Zone leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Cygni: All Guns Blazing leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Comix ZoneCygni: All Guns Blazing
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Cygni: All Guns Blazing leans harder on variance: Patterns are fixed once stages are learned
Optimization5 vs 6
Cygni: All Guns Blazing leans harder on optimization: Energy routing between shields and weapons rewards planning
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.