head to head
vs
Contra III: The Alien WarsvsHyper Demon
Contra III: The Alien Wars leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Hyper Demon leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Contra III: The Alien WarsHyper Demon
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 9
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Hyper Demon leans harder on variance: Slight spawn timing noise within a learnable structure
Optimization6 vs 6
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.