head to head
vs
Dead Island Retro RevengevsStreets of Rage
Dead Island Retro Revenge leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Streets of Rage leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Dead Island Retro RevengeStreets of Rage
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Dead Island Retro Revenge leans harder on variance: Spawn sequences surprise only until memorised
Optimization5 vs 5
Even - both lean on optimization about the same.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.