head to head
vs
Dustforce DXvsKatana ZERO
Dustforce DX leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Katana ZERO leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Dustforce DXKatana ZERO
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 8
Dustforce DX leans harder on execution: Frame-tight momentum chaining gates every SS rank
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance0 vs 1
Katana ZERO leans harder on variance: Rooms are identical on every attempt
Optimization6 vs 6
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.