head to head
Geometry Wars: Retro EvolvedvsSuper Mario Maker
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Super Mario Maker leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Geometry Wars: Retro EvolvedSuper Mario Maker
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 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
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.

