head to head
vs
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII ReunionvsMario Kart 8
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion leans Execution (Twitch Chaos); Mario Kart 8 leans Execution (Twitch Chaos).
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII ReunionMario Kart 8
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance5 vs 6
Mario Kart 8 leans harder on variance: item boxes are heavily randomized
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.