head to head
vs
Geometry Wars: Retro EvolvedvsSkate 3
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Skate 3 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Geometry Wars: Retro EvolvedSkate 3
Axis by axis
Execution9 vs 9
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
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.