head to head
vs
Octodad: Dadliest CatchvsSkatebird
Octodad: Dadliest Catch leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Skatebird leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Octodad: Dadliest CatchSkatebird
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 6
Octodad: Dadliest Catch leans harder on execution: Deliberately clumsy limb controls are the whole challenge
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.