head to head
vs
Have a Nice DeathvsNuclear Throne
Have a Nice Death leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Nuclear Throne leans Execution (Twitch Chaos).
Have a Nice DeathNuclear Throne
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 8
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance5 vs 6
Nuclear Throne leans harder on variance: Weapon drops, mutations, and level generation per run
Optimization6 vs 5
Have a Nice Death leans harder on optimization: Weapon synergies and curse selection reward consistent knowledge of the system
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.