head to head
vs
Hyper Light DriftervsTMNT: Shredder's Revenge
Hyper Light Drifter leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); TMNT: Shredder's Revenge leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Hyper Light DrifterTMNT: Shredder's Revenge
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 6
Hyper Light Drifter leans harder on execution: Quick dash-slash combat with tight windows
Reads2 vs 2
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
TMNT: Shredder's Revenge leans harder on variance: Enemy placement is fixed per stage
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.