head to head
vs
Fruit NinjavsHogan's Alley
Fruit Ninja leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Hogan's Alley leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Fruit NinjaHogan's Alley
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 8
Hogan's Alley leans harder on execution: Pure light-gun aim and reaction speed
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.