head to head
vs
CupheadvseXceed 3rd: Jade Penetrate Black Package
Cuphead leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); eXceed 3rd: Jade Penetrate Black Package leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
CupheadeXceed 3rd: Jade Penetrate Black Package
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 3rd: Jade Penetrate Black Package leans harder on variance: Patterns are fixed; randomness is minimal
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.