head to head
vs
Frets on FirevsGuitar Hero II
Frets on Fire leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Guitar Hero II leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Frets on FireGuitar Hero II
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 9
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 0
Frets on Fire leans harder on variance: Charts are fixed, nothing random
Optimization3 vs 2
Frets on Fire leans harder on optimization: Learning songs helps but finger execution decides
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.