head to head
vs
Elasto ManiavsKatana ZERO
Elasto Mania leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Katana ZERO leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Elasto ManiaKatana ZERO
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 8
Elasto Mania leans harder on execution: Pixel-perfect throttle and balance control over physics
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.