head to head
vs
Gal*Gun 2vsSayonara Wild Hearts
Gal*Gun 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Sayonara Wild Hearts leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Gal*Gun 2Sayonara Wild Hearts
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
Gal*Gun 2 leans harder on execution: on-rails aiming and timing precision
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Gal*Gun 2 leans harder on variance: minor randomness in encounters
Optimization3 vs 3
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.