head to head
vs
Enter the GungeonvsMario Kart 8
Enter the Gungeon leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Mario Kart 8 leans Execution (Twitch Chaos).
Enter the GungeonMario Kart 8
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 6
Enter the Gungeon leans harder on execution: Bullet-hell dodge-rolling and precise aim define survival.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance5 vs 6
Mario Kart 8 leans harder on variance: item boxes are heavily randomized
Optimization6 vs 5
Enter the Gungeon leans harder on optimization: Synergy hunting and shop routing shape strong runs.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.