head to head
vs
Heart&SlashvsMario Kart 8
Heart&Slash leans Execution (Twitch Chaos); Mario Kart 8 leans Execution (Twitch Chaos).
Heart&SlashMario Kart 8
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 1
Mario Kart 8 leans harder on reads: minimal, mostly reacting not predicting
Variance5 vs 6
Mario Kart 8 leans harder on variance: item boxes are heavily randomized
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.