head to head
vs
Mario Kart 8vsRealm of the Mad God
Mario Kart 8 leans Execution (Twitch Chaos); Realm of the Mad God leans Execution (Twitch Chaos).
Mario Kart 8Realm of the Mad God
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
Realm of the Mad God leans harder on execution: Dodging dense bullet patterns with permadeath stakes
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance6 vs 5
Mario Kart 8 leans harder on variance: item boxes are heavily randomized
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.