head to head
vs
Mario Kart 8vsRain World
Mario Kart 8 leans Execution (Twitch Chaos); Rain World leans Variance (Twitch Chaos).
Mario Kart 8Rain World
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.
Variance6 vs 7
Rain World leans harder on variance: Creature placement and behavior shift unpredictably each cycle
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.