head to head
vs
Deep Rock GalacticvsMario Kart 8
Deep Rock Galactic leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Mario Kart 8 leans Execution (Twitch Chaos).
Deep Rock GalacticMario Kart 8
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance5 vs 6
Mario Kart 8 leans harder on variance: item boxes are heavily randomized
Optimization6 vs 5
Deep Rock Galactic leans harder on optimization: Class builds, resource routing, and objective sequencing reward mastery
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.