head to head
vs
Golden AxevsTitan Attacks!
Golden Axe leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Titan Attacks! leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Golden AxeTitan Attacks!
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
Titan Attacks! leans harder on execution: Dodging fire while sniping descending waves is pure arcade aim
Reads1 vs 0
Golden Axe leans harder on reads: Enemies are scripted; only co-op adds human texture
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 5
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.