head to head
vs
CupheadvseXceed 2nd: Vampire REX
Cuphead leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); eXceed 2nd: Vampire REX leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
CupheadeXceed 2nd: Vampire REX
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
eXceed 2nd: Vampire REX leans harder on variance: Patterns are deterministic and memorisable, little true randomness
Optimization6 vs 5
Cuphead leans harder on optimization: Loadouts and boss phase order are fully learnable.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.