head to head
vs
Gargoyle's Quest IIvsSuper Mario Odyssey
Gargoyle's Quest II leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Super Mario Odyssey leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Gargoyle's Quest IISuper Mario Odyssey
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Gargoyle's Quest II leans harder on reads: Bosses are scripted patterns, not adapting
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 5
Gargoyle's Quest II leans harder on optimization: Learning fixed movesets and upgrade routing helps
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.