head to head
vs
Lovers in a Dangerous SpacetimevsTiny Troopers: Joint Ops
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Tiny Troopers: Joint Ops leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
Lovers in a Dangerous SpacetimeTiny Troopers: Joint Ops
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 3
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime leans harder on variance: Enemy waves and power-up drops introduce meaningful randomness
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.