head to head
vs
Comix ZonevsRaiden II
Comix Zone leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Raiden II leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Comix ZoneRaiden II
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 9
Raiden II leans harder on execution: Dodging dense bullet patterns and precise aiming decides survival
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Raiden II leans harder on variance: Item and spawn timing minor and learnable
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.