head to head
vs
Geometry Wars: Retro EvolvedvsSerious Sam: The First Encounter
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Serious Sam: The First Encounter leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Geometry Wars: Retro EvolvedSerious Sam: The First Encounter
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 8
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved leans harder on execution: Twin-stick dodging in swarming bullet chaos
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 2
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved leans harder on variance: Spawn patterns inject moment-to-moment unpredictability
Optimization4 vs 4
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.