head to head
vs
Enter the GungeonvsSpelunky 2
Enter the Gungeon leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Spelunky 2 leans Execution (Twitch Chaos).
Enter the GungeonSpelunky 2
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance5 vs 7
Spelunky 2 leans harder on variance: Procedural levels, item drops, shopkeeper triggers gate runs.
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.