head to head
vs
Mario Bros.vsTricky Towers
Mario Bros. leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Tricky Towers leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Mario Bros.Tricky Towers
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 2
Tricky Towers leans harder on reads: Timing spells against specific human rivals adds light prediction
Variance2 vs 3
Tricky Towers leans harder on variance: Brick sequence and wobble physics inject chaos
Optimization4 vs 4
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.