head to head
vs
DmC: Devil May CryvsSuper Buster Bros.
DmC: Devil May Cry leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Buster Bros. leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
DmC: Devil May CrySuper Buster Bros.
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.
Variance1 vs 2
Super Buster Bros. leans harder on variance: Power-up drops and diamond bubble paths add mild randomness
Optimization6 vs 5
DmC: Devil May Cry leans harder on optimization: Color-coding turns encounters into solvable matching puzzles
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.