head to head
vs
Duck HuntvsGangster Town
Duck Hunt leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Gangster Town leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Duck HuntGangster Town
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
Gangster Town leans harder on execution: Aiming and fast shooting at targets decides everything
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization1 vs 2
Gangster Town leans harder on optimization: Little to solve beyond shooting accurately
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.