head to head
vs
Dark DeceptionvsRe-Volt
Dark Deception leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Re-Volt leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Dark DeceptionRe-Volt
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
Re-Volt leans harder on execution: Twitchy RC car handling punishes sloppy steering
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 4
Dark Deception leans harder on optimization: Learning maze layouts and shard routes converts panic to plan
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.