head to head
vs
CupheadvseXceed Gun Bullet Children
Cuphead leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); eXceed Gun Bullet Children leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
CupheadeXceed Gun Bullet Children
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 Gun Bullet Children leans harder on variance: Patterns are fixed and memorisable, not random
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.