head to head
vs
Night StalkervsTricky Towers
Night Stalker leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Tricky Towers leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Night StalkerTricky 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
Variance4 vs 3
Night Stalker leans harder on variance: Random gun placement and enemy movement add 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.