head to head
vs
Hyper Light DriftervsStreets of Rage 4
Hyper Light Drifter leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Streets of Rage 4 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Hyper Light DrifterStreets of Rage 4
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads2 vs 2
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Streets of Rage 4 leans harder on variance: Enemy arrangement is largely fixed; minimal RNG
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.