head to head
vs
Comix ZonevseXceed Gun Bullet Children
Comix Zone leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); eXceed Gun Bullet Children leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Comix ZoneeXceed Gun Bullet Children
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 9
eXceed Gun Bullet Children leans harder on execution: Weaving through dense bullet patterns is the whole test
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
eXceed Gun Bullet Children leans harder on variance: Patterns are fixed and memorisable, not random
Optimization5 vs 5
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.