head to head
vs
Fruit NinjavsGangster Town
Fruit Ninja leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Gangster Town leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Fruit NinjaGangster Town
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
Gangster Town leans harder on execution: Aiming and fast shooting at targets decides everything
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 2
Fruit Ninja leans harder on variance: Random fruit and bomb spawns
Optimization2 vs 2
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.