head to head
vs
Mario Kart 8vsNeon Abyss
Mario Kart 8 leans Execution (Twitch Chaos); Neon Abyss leans Execution (Twitch Chaos).
Mario Kart 8Neon Abyss
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
Neon Abyss leans harder on execution: Fast twin-stick shooting against dense waves demands real input precision
Reads1 vs 0
Mario Kart 8 leans harder on reads: minimal, mostly reacting not predicting
Variance6 vs 7
Neon Abyss leans harder on variance: Item pool is enormous and chaotic; runs diverge unpredictably
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.