head to head
vs
MelatoninvsSayonara Wild Hearts
Melatonin leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Sayonara Wild Hearts leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
MelatoninSayonara Wild Hearts
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 5
Melatonin leans harder on execution: Timing without note highways leans on audio-visual feel
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization3 vs 3
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.