head to head
vs
Gitaroo Man Lives!vsMuse Dash
Gitaroo Man Lives! leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Muse Dash leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Gitaroo Man Lives!Muse Dash
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.
Variance1 vs 0
Gitaroo Man Lives! leans harder on variance: Note patterns are deterministic once learned
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.