head to head
vs
Geometry DashvsTaiko no Tatsujin: The Drum Master!
Geometry Dash leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Taiko no Tatsujin: The Drum Master! leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Geometry DashTaiko no Tatsujin: The Drum Master!
Axis by axis
Execution10 vs 9
Geometry Dash leans harder on execution: Frame-perfect one-button timing over relentless sequences
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance0 vs 1
Taiko no Tatsujin: The Drum Master! leans harder on variance: Note charts are fixed, no randomness
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.