head to head
vs
Contra: Shattered SoldiervsFuri
Contra: Shattered Soldier leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Furi leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Contra: Shattered SoldierFuri
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 9
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 1
Furi leans harder on reads: Bosses are scripted patterns, however adversarial they feel
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 5
Contra: Shattered Soldier leans harder on optimization: Hit-rate ranking demands memorising optimal weapon choices per section
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.