head to head
vs
Golden AxevsTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Back from the Sewers
Golden Axe leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Back from the Sewers leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Golden AxeTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Back from the Sewers
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 1
Golden Axe leans harder on variance: Enemy mixes vary little between credits
Optimization5 vs 4
Golden Axe leans harder on optimization: Wave patterns and magic usage are fully learnable
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.