head to head
vs
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About TimevsCrimzon Clover: World Ignition
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Crimzon Clover: World Ignition leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About TimeCrimzon Clover: World Ignition
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 9
Crimzon Clover: World Ignition leans harder on execution: Bullet-hell dodging demands extreme precision and reflexes.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Crimzon Clover: World Ignition leans harder on variance: Minor randomness in some enemy formations.
Optimization4 vs 4
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.