head to head
vs
En Garde!vsGolden Axe
En Garde! leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Golden Axe leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
En Garde!Golden Axe
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Golden Axe leans harder on variance: Enemy mixes vary little between credits
Optimization4 vs 5
Golden Axe leans harder on optimization: Wave patterns and magic usage are fully learnable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.