head to head
vs
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical FreezevsSunset Riders
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Sunset Riders leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical FreezeSunset Riders
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze leans harder on reads: Scripted enemies
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 4
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.