head to head
vs
Dark VoidvsOctodad: Dadliest Catch
Dark Void leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Octodad: Dadliest Catch leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Dark VoidOctodad: Dadliest Catch
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
Octodad: Dadliest Catch leans harder on execution: Deliberately clumsy limb controls are the whole challenge
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 3
Dark Void leans harder on optimization: Weapon upgrades and approach choice matter lightly
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.